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throwawayboise on May 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Just Use Email – How to Use Email for Everything

Technically I don't see an issue with doing these things in a portable, standard way. Email signature and encryption (s/mime) has existed for a long time and most mainstream clients know how to handle it. The nut that has still not been cracked very well AFAIK is how to create and share public keys in a seamless way.

dijit on May 11, 2021 [–]

For S/MIME you don’t need to share keys. Your private key gets signed by a CA that you both trust.

You can even get free S/‘MIME certificates that validate on all clients.

People don’t do it because encrypted mail can’t be searched or archived, and it becomes cumbersome to have a wider array of clients.

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