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I don’t think that means the developers don’t consider it important; it means that the people that want E2E aren’t necessarily in their primary audience. The p
by vermilingua 8y ago
I don’t think that means the developers don’t consider it important; it means that the people that want E2E aren’t necessarily in their primary audience.
The prime target of this protocol isn’t power users and developers; it’s the overwhelming majority of users that stick to siloed messaging because it’s convenient, and everyone has it. First and foremost, they need to be shown that this is more convenient, and has a larger and more accessible network.
- stdclass 8y agoI would argue that every user wants E2E, they just don't know (enough) about it. E2E should be the default.
- projektfu 8y agoIt can’t be default because the protocol is degradable by design. I would agree that they could advocate a method to harmonize all COI-aware IMAP servers. But it’s hard to get E2E encryption in a heterogeneous, legacy environment.
- m0dest 8y agoSupport for S/MIME encryption is pretty ubiquitous at this point, right? There are practical issues with CAs, but nothing insurmountable.
- richardwhiuk 8y agoNot even close to ubiquitous.