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The problem goes both ways. Spam needs to stop and so too does the convergence of Internet services in general (not just email). Frankly, the solution already
by phantom_oracle 11y ago
The problem goes both ways.
Spam needs to stop and so too does the convergence of Internet services in general (not just email).
Frankly, the solution already exists, and just like how billion-dollar companies start with the tech community, techies need to embrace the idea of decentralization by adopting some trust-based model.
Frankly, I do not see why encrypted emails cannot be accepted by users through some peer-sharing agreement where the public-key is online.
There's tons of solutions that are easy for tech people and if this community embraces it, it trickles down, like how a lot of other things do in tech.
- redahs 11y agoI don't think we will see a trickle down effect unless there are substantial benefits for the average user to outweigh the cost of switching and learning something new. If there is a single abstract advantages, like 'more security', that might not be good enough. We might as well throw in the kitchen sink and come up with a detailed list of every possible advantage an ideal replacement protocol should offer: - no domain names required to create addresses - 1 terabyte+ attachment file sizes - ability to update and delete messages which recipients have not yet downloaded - mail transfer and storage agent which don't have access to unencrypted message contents - mail agents which can be distributed across multiple personal and home devices - client apps which always and non-optionally use local encryption\decryption - ability to purchase mail serving and storage resources from a competitive commercial market directly from client application. - ability to switch to a different commercial serving\storage resource provider without loosing your previous identity\address.