"Confidential Mode" feature in Gmail is misleading because the emails are not end-to-end encrypted and "expired" messages can be retrieved via the sent folder (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Electronic Frontier Foundation:
“Confidential Mode” feature in Gmail is misleading because the emails are not end-to-end encrypted and “expired” messages can be retrieved via the sent folder  —  With Gmail's new design rolled out to more and more users, many have had a chance to try out its new “Confidential Mode.”

from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2NzZExj