Frequently asked questions
What is a TEE and why does it matter for email privacy?
A TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) is a locked compartment inside of a web server that no-one
can read data or monitor processes on.
Email is the property of you and your sender, not an AI company. The TEE provides a verifiable
guarantee that no-one else will read your data.
No. This would be impossible, as neither Letterlock nor the model provider store or look at your
emails. All open-weight models with published weights. You choose in
Settings: The confidential options run on NEAR AI, on Intel TDX machines with NVIDIA
confidential computing. Before each session this server fetches that enclave's
attestation, checks the hardware signature back to Intel, and ensures the
measurement is one of a list of images Letterlock reviewed and committed to our
repository. No. Email content and tool results are untrusted data rather than
instructions. Letterlock also never sends emails: every draft waits in your Drafts folder until you
read it and press send. Open Settings and follow the linking steps.
Before any message leaves the enclave, Letterlock scans it for personally identifying
information (provider API keys, names, email addresses, phone numbers, government IDs, etc);
and replaces each value with a numbered placeholder. Only the placeholder text reaches the AI model.
When the response comes back, the placeholders are swapped back to your real values before you see
anything. The AI provider never sees your actual data.
Values that match common patterns (email addresses, phone numbers, card
numbers) are given placeholder text of their type, so
they are never sent in the clear.
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alternatives. Yes.Does Letterlock train on my emails?
Which AI models are available?
Can a malicious email manipulate the assistant?
How do I get Telegram notifications?
How does the PII masking work?
Your mailbox Letterlock enclave AI model
──────────── ────────────────── ────────
"Hi, I'm Alice ──► scan & replace ──► "Hi, I'm [NAME_1].
Johnson. SSN: PII with placeholder SSN [SSN_1]."
123-45-6789." text
"OK Alice Johnson, ◀── restore PII ◀── "OK [NAME_1],
your SSN your SSN
123-45-6789 is [SSN_1] is
on file." on file."
What does it cost?
Is the code open source?