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Email is outdated. It was not designed for the hostile environment the Internet is today. It doesn't even do authentication or encryption without extra layers o
by snvzz 4y ago
Email is outdated. It was not designed for the hostile environment the Internet is today. It doesn't even do authentication or encryption without extra layers of grease that nobody uses or supports.
There's the Dark Mail Alliance[0] effort, but almost nobody talks about it, while it should be a priority to get a new email standard finished and deployed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mail_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mail_Alliance
- dmw_ng 4y agoThankfully none of these efforts ever really go places, because they'd create a massive amount of churn for minimal net gain. Spam is primarily a social problem not a technical one
- dannyw 4y agoNobody wants to talk about something called the "Dark Mail Alliance", it's such a dodgy name.
- snvzz 4y agoHere dark likely stands for "not clear" or "not plaintext" i.e. encrypted. "blackmail" means something else, so it is good they avoided that name.