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> Browsers also expect plain-text. Is https by the same logic also pointless, and should no longer be used? > (I get what the author is trying to say, I'm just
by IncRnd 5y ago
> Browsers also expect plain-text. Is https by the same logic also pointless, and should no longer be used?
> (I get what the author is trying to say, I'm just reacting to the strange way the argument is phrased. I don't think they thought their wording and reasoning in that passage through enough.)
Your question explicitely ignores the argument that was made and pretends a point to point protocol operates similarly to a store and forward protocol.
- daneel_w 5y agoYour comment explicitly ignores the larger part within parentheses and continues with a false statement and a baseless assumption.
- IncRnd 5y agoThat's disingenous. I quoted the entire part within parenthesis, and pointed out what part of the stated argument from the article was being ignored. The issue is not that email or browsers can be configured to accept plain-text. What you incorrectly equate is two different protocol mechanisms, but you are focusing on the types of traffic.
- daneel_w 5y agoThere's no incorrect equating or conflation of anything going on here. I'm familiar with both SMTP, HTTP and TLS on low level.