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Only if the file contents are accessible. Why isn't end-to-end encryption utilized for storage of email on Apple's servers, the same way they do for iMessaging?
by shockeychap 5y ago
Only if the file contents are accessible. Why isn't end-to-end encryption utilized for storage of email on Apple's servers, the same way they do for iMessaging?
- thinkmassive 5y agoBecause 99.9999999% of emails are not encrypted before being sent.
- shockeychap 5y agoTrue. But I’m not talking about end-to-end between sender and receiver. I’m just talking about using public key encryption to encrypt received contents with one key and decrypt with another. There are a lot of technical challenges - particularly with maintaining compatibility with email clients - but it can be done. The inability of MTAs to negotiate and utilize any kind of SSL-style encryption when relaying messages is also a gross travesty in the year 2021.
- thinkmassive 5y agoAccording to Google, 82% of outbound email to other providers, and 93% of inbound from other providers, is encrypted in transit. https://transparencyreport.google.com/safer-email/overview https://transparencyreport.google.com/safer-email/overview
- vorticalbox 5y agoI read somewhere that Apple were going to encrypt backups but that would mean if a user lost their key the data would be lost and as such decided that for usability they would keep back ups as is.