OkCupid’s Founders Want to Bring Encrypted Email to the Masses

The problem is PGP is pretty hard to use. That’s why Krohn and Chris Coyne–who previously founded study guide company SparkNotes and online dating service OK Cupid–launched Keybase, a startup that aims to make PGP easier for average users.

Also, PGP can’t completely protect e-mail. Metadata—such as who sent a particular message and when–can’t be encrypted. There are many new projects meant to address the short comings of e-mail, including the “Off the Record” plugin for instant message clients and the “next generation” messaging protocol Dark Mail, which is being developed in part by PGP creator Phil Zimmerman.