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bemildred

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2. Yes, the keys are always the problem.

Reply to L0oniX (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 11:17 AM

Aug 2013

How to securely exchange them, whom to trust, how to be sure the user of the key is the owner of the key.

A service like this, I'm not sure what they would actually do other than facilitate the process you would follow to set up point-to-point email encryption or a VPN.

This could lead to some new ideas though, I don't believe anybody has ever thought through what privacy and security mean on the web, most of the energy has gone into thwarting that sort of thing.

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Open Sourcers Pitch Secure Email in Dark Age of PRISM [View all] bemildred Aug 2013 OP

You can password encrypt your email now. Getting the receiver to comply won't happen easily. L0oniX Aug 2013 #1

Yes, the keys are always the problem. bemildred Aug 2013 #2

This is unlikely to solve the metadata problem cprise Aug 2013 #3

Yes. bemildred Aug 2013 #4