• Wired, Thursday, September 5, 2013 10:25 AM

Revelations that the US National Security Association is reading everyone's email is driving developers to come up with new email tools aimed that will deliver true privacy to users. The latest company to enter this arena is called Scramble founded by recent Stanford University computer science graduate Daniel Posch. The company offers an encrypted webmail, but it is still in the works. MailPile, an Icelandic startup has raised $135,000 on IndieGogo to offer encrypted email services and file sharing site Megaupload is also working on such tools. Even Silent Circle, a company forced to shut down its email privacy tools, is working on a new approach. But truly encrypting email can be very difficult. 

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