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I would love to see a sound implementation of secure e-mail, but I also believe that such a system should not be built on top of SMTP. Signal’s cryptography se
by cpach 7y ago
I would love to see a sound implementation of secure e-mail, but I also believe that such a system should not be built on top of SMTP.
Signal’s cryptography seems stellar, but to me it feels a bit weird to use instant messaging as a full replacement for electronic letters. I’m guessing here, but it would probably not be impossible to build a more traditional e-mail client on top of the Signal Protocol.
- maxnoe 7y agoI don't see why this should not be possible. Isn't this mainly about adding a a subject metadata field an a client that just displays messages differently, enables sorting into directories and so on? Is there a real technical difference between messaging and long form emails that I don't see?
- ForHackernews 7y agoEmail is based on open, federated protocols. Every successful instant messaging service (sorry XMPP) as been a single closed provider.