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We have given this quite a bit of thought, but at the present moment, it is not clear the advantages would outweigh the disadvantages.
The biggest problem is search. Encrypting all metadata would break metadata search entirely on the web client as there is still no efficient way to handle search of encrypted data within a browser.
Secondly, metadata encryption’s value from a privacy standpoint is also somewhat dubious. Because we ultimately must deliver the message to the recipient, we must know who the recipient is. At the current time, there still isn’t any proven and viable way to work around this.
Metadata encryption is an area of continued research for us, and when the opportunity arises and the technology for doing this matures, we will definitely implement it in ProtonMail.
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> The biggest problem is search. Encrypting all metadata would break search entirely on the web client as there is still no efficient way to handle search of encrypted data within a browser.
I believe that with your feature https://proton.me/support/search#searching-email-content-with-the-proton-mail-web-app, it might be worth it to look again into this. A toggleable option would be a solution if you'd like to keep an efficient search for most users, while allowing others to fully encrypt their subject lines
> Secondly, metadata encryption’s value from a privacy standpoint is also somewhat dubious. Because we ultimately must deliver the message to the recipient, we must know who the recipient is. At the current time, there still isn’t any proven and viable way to work around this.
I understand the importance of delivering a fully finished feature and not constantly revisit with additions, but it has been 10 years and IMO there is value in providing subject line encryption, even if the recipient stays visible