Re: [E2ee] [Secdispatch] Comments on draft-knodel-e2ee-definition-02

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Thu, 04 November 2021 12:41 UTC

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2021 05:40:57 -0700
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Subject: Re: [E2ee] [Secdispatch] Comments on draft-knodel-e2ee-definition-02
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On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 11:59 PM Olaf Kolkman <kolkman@isoc.org> wrote:

> [As an aside]
>
> […] Users of E2EE communications expect trustworthy providers of secure
> implementations to respect and protect their right to whisper.
>
>
> This last sentence seems weirdly hortatorial. I would stick to
> the technical points.
>
> As a non-native speaker I had to look this up. I think that EKR means
> Horatian, a form of satire <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire#Horatian>
> .
>
No.  I mean  as in "bortatory" "Marked by exhortation or strong urging."

> —Olaf
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