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It is not possible to "FIX" security with email as it currently stands. That would require a completely different protocol and it wouldn't be compatible with an

It is not possible to "FIX" security with email as it currently stands. That would require a completely different protocol and it wouldn't be compatible with any existing email platforms, so it would effectively be worthless. There is a reason why a "perfectly secure" email platform does not exist, it is simply not possible to design such a system and maintain compatibility existing email software. I'm not sure if you guys are just incredibly naive or if you lack common business sense or what the deal is. This is akin to bitching that Tesla isn't really "environmentally friendly" because they make electric cars and you really need cars that run on unicorn farts to be truly carbon neutral.

Rami114 13y ago
Can I call nonsense on that? Nothing prevents you from encrypting your actual message and there are plenty of options available to secure transit. The reason such a platform may not yet exist is that it security is HARD (or cumbersome, or both).
DanBC 13y ago
> I'm not sure if you guys are just incredibly naive or if you lack common business sense or what the deal is. This is akin to bitching that Tesla isn't really "environmentally friendly" because they make electric cars and you really need cars that run on unicorn farts to be truly carbon neutral. Someone releases a product. They say "This product is secure against well funded government agencies. It's secure against correctly-formed legal documented requests". Someone else comes along and points out that, in fact, it isn't secure against those threats. That's not wanting a Unicorn-fart powered crypto system. That's just pointing out that a product doesn't, can't, work as advertised. Some people get tortured or killed by their governments for saying the wrong thing, so it seems reasonable to point out that their communications might not be secure.

Rami114 13y ago

Can I call nonsense on that? Nothing prevents you from encrypting your actual message and there are plenty of options available to secure transit. The reason such a platform may not yet exist is that it security is HARD (or cumbersome, or both).

DanBC 13y ago

> I'm not sure if you guys are just incredibly naive or if you lack common business sense or what the deal is. This is akin to bitching that Tesla isn't really "environmentally friendly" because they make electric cars and you really need cars that run on unicorn farts to be truly carbon neutral. Someone releases a product. They say "This product is secure against well funded government agencies. It's secure against correctly-formed legal documented requests". Someone else comes along and points out that, in fact, it isn't secure against those threats. That's not wanting a Unicorn-fart powered crypto system. That's just pointing out that a product doesn't, can't, work as advertised. Some people get tortured or killed by their governments for saying the wrong thing, so it seems reasonable to point out that their communications might not be secure.