PGP tools
Kleopatra privacy rating
KDE certificate manager and graphical front end for GnuPG. Manages OpenPGP and X.509 certificates, encrypts, decrypts, signs and verifies files, and retrieves certificates from LDAP servers.
Summary
Kleopatra scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the PGP tools criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).
Score 80 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
GPL-2.0 or later.
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party trackers, and the app has no telemetry. KDE websites use self-hosted Matomo with cookies disabled and IP addresses anonymized.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Developed by the KDE community, funded by donations. No ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.