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Fast? IE6 was released in 2001 and people didn't start "dropping support" until 2008 or 2009. Unencrypted email is like unencrypted telephone calls. Imagine h

• nine_k 13y ago
  GSM communication is actually encrypted [1], albeit lightly. I remember having an unencrypted NMT handset and ditching it circa 2000 in favor of a GSM handset. NMT support was dropped by my service provider 3-4 years later. So transitions like this are definitely possible, though not overnight. Remember the slow introduction of https. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM#GSM_service_security http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM#GSM_service_security
  • tlrobinson 13y ago
    I think the parent comment was referring to end-to-end encrypted handsets. Phone calls are like email in that only some hops are encrypted.
  • bdcravens 13y ago
    You're forgetting POTS lines. I can call someone on a POTS line, with a 1992 handset, and it works the same as if I called someone with a brand new GSM phone.
    • nine_k 13y ago
      You are correct. I can't remember calling a landline last couple years, except for public offices and banks.
    • toomuchtodo 13y ago
      Right. But at the same time, you don't see any of the forklift upgrades that have gone on behind the scenes. All the GSM<->POTS or long-distance POTS calls? They're all being converted to VoIP at some point (private network, but still IP).
• toomuchtodo 13y ago
  Perhaps "fast" is a relative term. But nothing starts until a decision is made. So! Let's make the decision and move forward.