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The point isn't that you forwarded the secret (indeed, that was on purpose). The point is that you forwarded the secret in plaintext, because email is plaintex
by dfabulich 7y ago
The point isn't that you forwarded the secret (indeed, that was on purpose).
The point is that you forwarded the secret in plaintext, because email is plaintext by default, and the forwarding person probably didn't realize that, because no email client (even with GPG plugins) posts a big red warning label saying "stop! this is plaintext" because that's 99% of all emails.
- acqq 7y ago> because no email client (even with GPG plugins) posts a big red warning label saying "stop! this is plaintext" I've used a plugin that did exactly that: warned when the encrypted e-mail is replied to or forwarded as plain text. If such a plugin is not commonly used with e-mail clients that can't be a proof that e-mail encryption is inherently bad, just that that feature should exist. Mozilla implementers, I hope you're inspired.