Skiff, a provider of secure email, wants you to never use Google Workspace.

Image Credit: Pentagram Dan Guido, an old user of Skiff, says that the world needs an alternative workspace suite that is more private and secure than Google. Skiff is now introducing end-to-end encrypted Calendar and Drive products to its suite, which also includes email and collaborative documents called Skiff Pages. Google can see everything you write in your documents, emails, and other online activities. They can also use machine learning to analyze these data and create ads based on what they find. However, Skiff doesn't have these capabilities, he says. Encryption is a way of protecting your communication from being read by anyone other than the people who are sending and receiving the messages. One way encryption is done is to encrypt the data before it is sent from one device to another. This means that only the people who are sending and receiving the messages can see the data. In 2021, ProtonMail, Signal, and Telegram all reached 50 million users. This shows that encryption is becoming more and more popular as protection against hackers and surveillance. Many people are interested in using apps that communicate in an encrypted way, but the security method has been scrutinized and criticized by government entities and law enforcement agencies. Skiff is one of the few companies that is working on an E2EE collaboration platform. While Skiff has some missing features, it has already onboarded 300,000 users in the past six months. Image Credit: Fast Company Skiff is a free productivity tool that helps people work more efficiently. It has a lot of different features, like Pages, Email, Calendar, and Drive. You can pay $8 per month for 100 GB of storage or $12 per month for 1 TB of storage. Skiff is backed by Sequoia Capital and has a team of 15 employees around the world. Read More: Microsoft releases Designer, AI tool that creates images from text Gaido explained building an encrypted version of Google Workspace is a difficult task, as cryptography is very fragile. For example, a flaw in the encryption code could lead to the entire system being rendered useless. Skiff is still working on adding some essential features for email, like filters that can automatically sort promotional emails and declutter your inbox. However, you cannot currently create a function that automatically sends certain emails into a specific folder. Skiff is a simple, easy-to-use app that lets you store your data either on the cloud or on a decentralized network. If you choose to store your data on the decentralized network, Skiff uses a network called IPFS (InterPlanetary File System). This network has servers all over the world from which you can access your data. Image Credit: Skiff Skiff's product suite is used by people who want to protect their sensitive information from being monitored by big tech companies. For example, cybersecurity professionals use it to keep track of hackers, journalists work with it to protect their sources, and people in Ukraine use it to keep their personal information safe. Google, Amazon, and Facebook have turned private human experiences into the raw material of the digital economy. They can access your private emails, documents, images, and messages at any moment, and this information can be used to make money.