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You can but if you sent the email yo someone that doesn't have the extension, they wouldn't be able to read it, and you have no way yo know who has the extensio
by littlestymaar 3y ago
You can but if you sent the email yo someone that doesn't have the extension, they wouldn't be able to read it, and you have no way yo know who has the extension installed. That's the core problem here: pretty much nobody uses encrypted emails, so you can't send encrypted emails to them. The problem doesn't exist with Signal since everyone using Signal uses a client that supports encryption.
- vlovich123 3y agoDiscovery is a solved problem same as how signal uses phone numbers: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061452-Does-Signal-send-my-number-to-my-contacts https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061452-Do... Nothing stops you from implementing a similar mechanism based on email addresses.
- woodruffw 3y agoExcept that it’s no longer email at that point. As others have pointed out: if you want to do things right you need to violate ordinary message and metadata assumptions in SMTP, at which point you’re better off skipping the heartburn and using a modern design.