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And how would it help to automatically encrypt internal e-mails when an e-mail accidentally gets an external delivery address because someone fat-fingers?
by yebyen 12y ago
And how would it help to automatically encrypt internal e-mails when an e-mail accidentally gets an external delivery address because someone fat-fingers?
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- SatoshiPacioli 12y agoDo you understand how PGP encryption functions?
- yebyen 12y agoYes, I understand (on a superficial "don't actually use it on a day-to-day basis, but have encrypted e-mails before" level) I am imagining this program that looks through your To: field for recipients in your address book that have shared their public key with you. If it finds any, those people get a copy sent to them which is encrypted and only they can read... Now what happens if you accidentally try to send mail to someone not in your address book? I guess hopefully you get a big popup that says "Warning: mail will not be encrypted!" Maybe not? I've used the command-line tools to encrypt files and send encrypted attachments. It's nothing like "automatic" and it's certainly not an envelope for the whole message.
- andreasvc 12y agoYou can set up the encryption so that it requires a verified public key. If you mistype an address, you won't have their public key, and can't encrypt the message to them.