• 12 days

    We could make X.509 and PGP-based authentication the norm for serious emails.

    I remember when cleartext telnet and http was the norm, and today, it’s ssh and https. The same improvements haven’t generally happened with email, but they could.

    • Because encryption is being used in emails? You don’t use cleartext SMTP anymore.

      That does not change that you don’t identify people on the internet, regardless of the protocol.