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Re: the introduction problem, was Email and reputation (was Re: Service outages planned for April 25)

Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@dukhovni.org> Tue, 03 May 2022 13:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: the introduction problem, was Email and reputation (was Re: Service outages planned for April 25)
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> On 3 May 2022, at 9:06 am, Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> wrote:
> 
> Part of the problem, I think, is that email is a _standard_ rather than a _product_.
> Nobody has an interest in promoting email for its own sake.  And people expect email
> (including the MUA) to be "free".

Yes, that's the basic conundrum.  Real investment looks unlikely,
unless someone at Apple Microsoft, or a company behind the ever
future popular Linux desktop successfully champions a cause with
no clear $$ payoff...  And ditto for iOS and Android.

Will users flock to a platform which offers usable E2E encrypte
email?  Will received encrypted email be "portable" between devices?
...

Bottom line, I see usable E2E email encryption as a platonic ideal,
the world we live in is far too messy for its realisation.

A tiny fraction of users will put up with the hassle of S/MIME and
PGP for a small fraction of their email traffic, and not much looks
likely change that for the foreseeable future.

-- 
	Viktor.

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