Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent

[Brian Kantor <Brian () ampr org>]

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 05:34:31AM -0400, 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

Ah, if it only were those.  But the infestation has spread; nearly
every corporate communication these days is polluted by HTML, with
a very high percentage of that containing no content other than
hyperlinks that say, in one form or another, "click on this link
to read your message."

Banks especially.

I imagine some fool told them this improves security, and they were
stupid enough to believe it.
        - Brian