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Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent
From: Mark Rousell <markr () signal100 com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 10:52:16 +0100
On 15/05/2018 10:34, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 01:47:50PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:TL;DR = Don't use HTML email [snip]That's enough right there. HTML markup in email is used exclusively by three kinds of people: (1) ignorant newbies who don't know any better (2) ineducable morons who refuse to learn (3) spammers. There are no exceptions. ---rsk
If only life were so simple. I used to be a resolute user of plain text-only email. It was good enough for me. And then I realised how absurdly old fashioned this appeared to my clients. I'd send them emails explaining what I was going to do or about the new product or service, and it just looked boring and backward. I realised that I could no longer stick to plain text: It was actually harming my business. The world has moved on and rich content everywhere is now a must. It's no longer optional (although of course it depends on with whom one communicates). Yes, you can blame this on "ignorant newbies who don't know any better" but bear in mind that they are now the vast majority of users. They are the ones ultimately paying the bills and we have to adapt to their preferences, and not them to us. P.S. And I agree with Suresh in the previous message. It is true that there is a real problem here (more with S/MIME than PGP/GPG in practice) but it's being hyped up and overblown. The content does not fully support the headlines. -- Mark Rousell
Current thread:
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent, (continued)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Bjørn Mork (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Daniel Corbe (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Mike Hammett (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Stephen Satchell (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Alan Buxey (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Hunter Fuller (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Rob McEwen (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Jim Shankland (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent nanog (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent bzs (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Mark Rousell (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Octavio Alvarez (May 16)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent John Levine (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Max Tulyev (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent John Levine (May 15)
- Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent Max Tulyev (May 15)