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Feedback for encryption page, and other corrections (#847)

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Discover free, open-source, and secure email clients, along with some email alternatives you may not have considered.
??? Attention "Email does provide forward secrecy"
??? Attention "Email does not provide forward secrecy"
When using end-to-end encryption (E2EE) technology like [OpenPGP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy), email will still have [some metadata](/email/#email-metadata-overview) that is not encrypted in the header of the email.
OpenPGP also does not support [forward secrecy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy), which means if either your or the recipient's private key is ever stolen, all previous messages encrypted with it will be exposed: [How do I protect my private keys?](/email/#email-encryption-overview).
Alternatively, consider using a medium that forward secrecy:
OpenPGP also does not support [forward secrecy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy), which means if either your or the recipient's private key is ever stolen, all previous messages encrypted with it will be exposed: [How do I protect my private keys?](/email/#email-encryption-overview). Consider using a medium that forward secrecy:
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