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### Privacy and Security
* We take the privacy of your data very seriously. Messages are [encrypted end-to-end ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption) using the [OpenPGP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy) protocol. This means that only you and your correspondents can read your mail.
* The client talks directly via IMAP/SMTP to your mail server. Your messages and private PGP key are stored encrypted on your computer and are never sent to our our servers.
* Mail server [SSL certificates are pinned](http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/29988/what-is-certificate-pinning) under [`src/ca/`](https://github.com/whiteout-io/mail-html5/tree/master/src/ca) in order to protect against SSL stripping and other man in the middle attacks.
* The app is deployed as a [Chrome Packaged App](https://developer.chrome.com/apps/about_apps.html) with auditable static versions in order to prevent [problems with host-based security](http://tonyarcieri.com/whats-wrong-with-webcrypto). It uses raw [TCP sockets](http://developer.chrome.com/apps/socket.html) to communicate with the mail server.
* Mail server [SSL certificates are pinned](http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/29988/what-is-certificate-pinning) under [`src/ca/`](https://github.com/whiteout-io/mail-html5/tree/master/src/ca) in order to protect against SSL stripping and other man in the middle attacks.
* [Content Securit Policy (CSP)](http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/security/content-security-policy/) is enforced to prevent against injection attacks.
* The code is still under heavy development and is not yet recommended for production use. That being said, we have done multiple code audits and penetration tests (which will be published regularly once all reported vulnerabilities are fixed).
### Reporting bugs and feature requests