STEED - Usable end-to-end encryption

[MFPA]

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Hi


On Wednesday 19 October 2011 at 7:07:45 PM, in
<mid:1319047665.75751.YahooMailClassic at web130223.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
Harakiri wrote:


> Also - inventing just ANOTHER protocol for email
> encryption that mail clients should implement? Heck,
> the only protocol available in all major mail clients
> right now for out of the box encryption is only smime -
> for PGP you need plugins - even after so many years
> there is no out of the box solution for the other major
> standard - lets not talk about all the compatibility
> issues with smime in all existing clients. And you just
> want add another NEW standard which will solve issues?
> I dont think so.

On the other hand, perhaps the message to take from the current low
adoption levels of encrypted email is that the current protocols need
replacing (or major tweaking). (-;



> Use existing tools most user have installed on his
> machine by default - work with these and get a
> suiteable end-to-end encryption going!

If tools are installed by default but not enabled by default, maybe
the group that needs bringing on board is not ISPs/email providers but
OEMs and those who produce operating systems, email clients and
browsers?


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