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

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 5/3/22 09:34, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:

> 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.

I miss the days when IETF tried to make the Internet better, and saw 
that as its purpose, rather than just trying to provide cover for Big 
Companies seeking to avoid antitrust actions.

> 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.

i.e. erect a cheap and simple "somebody else's problem" field around it 
and the problem appears to go away.

Keith