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It's a proprietary service, though. Sending an encrypted e-mail to someone outside of Protonmail results in them getting a link to a https url to read the messa
by matt4077 10y ago
It's a proprietary service, though. Sending an encrypted e-mail to someone outside of Protonmail results in them getting a link to a https url to read the message.
I get that it's a legitimate POV that PGP has been proven to be unworkable (although I still don't see why a well-designed client integration wouldn't work). But e-mail is a wonderful, open ecosystem and it's already fighting against the onslaught of proprietary services like FB messenger, slack, iMessage etc. – all of which restrict access to it to approved clients if they allow them at all.
- IanCal 10y agoSlight nitpick, slack allows XMPP and IRC clients to connect if you get your admin to flip a switch. They can't obviously guarantee the security of arbitrary clients and so they have it turned off by default. Email is a great and open system though. Horrible in many ways, but also wonderful.
- matt4077 10y agoThanks for nitpicking. And yes, email has all sorts of problems, although I'd argue that since the spam problem has essentially been solved none of those actually impact the end user anymore. I'd only wish that it were easier/possible to securely run your own mail server. On the web side of things, it also appears as if we've gotten to a point where it's easy for the vendors (Google/Apple/MS) to innovate without threatening openness. I'd wish we'd be in the same situation for messaging/mail.
- kevin_thibedeau 10y ago> since the spam problem has essentially been solved Tell that to the Indian recruiters who flood my mailbox.