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To: Marc Perkel
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Subject: Re: [exim] Securing Email for the prying eyes of any government
[ On Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 16:21:59 (-0800), Marc Perkel wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [exim] Securing Email for the prying eyes of any government
>
> The idea here is that - yes - it would be nice is email was encrypted
> end to end - but realistically - it's not going to happen. So - the idea
> is to use existing techniques that doesn't require the world to change
> in order to make it work.


The "existing techiques" are in fact to use end-to-end encryption by
using the likes of PGP.

Really. The world _MUST_ change in order to implement this level of
security.

There is no other proper security technique available which meets your
stated needs. Period.

It simply cannot be done (securely) any other way.

Besides, PGP has _long_ been available and usable by the vast majority
of the world (patent worries and other stupid issues aside). It really
is the best and simplest solution to the problem.

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