i think it might in theory

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    8 months ago

    Well for one, email is inherently insecure, so not sure if the fediverse can learn from that. It’s already not private.

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      8 months ago

      It’s not inherently insecure. There are secure email services but all parties have to be using it.

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        8 months ago

        Exactly, that was my point. Email as it is, is insecure, because you can’t encrypt it and make it work universally unless everyone else does.

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            8 months ago

            English isn’t my first language so I might be using “inherently” incorrectly, but I thought it means:

            in a way that exists as a natural or basic part of something

            So in its basic and natural form, email is not secure. It wasn’t designed as such. Full E2E encryption was only implemented recently by certain providers within their own domains, and won’t work across the board unless all of them cooperate, which won’t happen.

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              8 months ago

              “Inherently” means essentially “no matter how you do it”. If you use an encrypted email provider to send a message to another user on another encrypted email provider, it’s perfectly secure. Ergo, it’s not “inherent”.

              Full E2E encryption was only implemented recently by certain providers within their own domains

              It definitely works across domains. All you have to do is point your domain at your preferred secure email provider.

              and won’t work across the board

              It doesn’t need to.