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One thing that stands out in this story is that we don't have an authenticated email system that most people are willing to use, and this causes real problems.
by mjw1007 9y ago
One thing that stands out in this story is that we don't have an authenticated email system that most people are willing to use, and this causes real problems.
- toyg 9y agoThe problem is the industry at large rather than "people". If the likes of Amazon and Google were willing to actually treat authenticated email with priority or higher trustfulness of some sort, people would use it. But they treat everything in the same way, so why should I bother? If the largest players could agree on one standard for secure email, I bet lots of people would transition overnight.
- pmx 9y agoI think the biggest problem is that "normal" people have no clue that email is as insecure as it is. They trust that if an email says it's from a specific address, it must be. The issue has to be fixed on a system level so spoof emails are impossible, because thats how most users think it is already.