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That's no longer true. Most end user access to email is over a secure channel (https/imap with tls). While SMTP between most servers uses TLS as well. The prob
by josho 12y ago
That's no longer true. Most end user access to email is over a secure channel (https/imap with tls). While SMTP between most servers uses TLS as well.
The problem is we don't know if the message was sent over secure channels or not. I suppose the password less scheme could refuse to work with SMTP servers that don't encrypt the traffic.
- mkesper 12y agoThis does in no way prevent those servers from reading and/or altering your message. Hint: if your provider checks your email for viruses, it must be able to decrypt them.