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Which is why email is an absolute nightmare and missing so many features and takes so long to implement the most basic security and privacy. Outside of business
by SilverRed 6y ago
Which is why email is an absolute nightmare and missing so many features and takes so long to implement the most basic security and privacy. Outside of business use, email has become the newsletter and password reset center because it doesn't work well enough and hasn't kept up.
The IMAP protocol is a known dumpster fire but getting jmap implemented over every email client and server is basically impossible. Gmail avoids this by just implementing their own proprietary protocol which only works with gmail and the web ui/apps.
- kortilla 6y ago> email has become the newsletter and password reset center because it doesn't work well enough Have you considered that it’s the password reset center because it’s the only thing that works well enough? Anything completely proprietary is a joke for security from a business continuity perspective. It’s the same reason serious companies don’t depend on “sign in with Facebook” as their only login method.
- zimablue 6y ago>outside of business use Well that’s a clause doing a lot of work. I guess email could have been the permanent contact repository a la Facebook if it had been easier for people to own their own addresses