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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by yellowapple on Saturday March 11, 2017 @05:48AM (#13845048)
It also doesn't have to be a central authority, since "anyone" (meaning: anyone who can afford to operate a mailserver, which is actually a surprisingly-high number) can be such an authority for one's own mail.
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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by homakov on Saturday March 11, 2017 @06:05AM (#13845076)
Practically nobody is running own mail server these days. Email is extremely centralized
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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by im3w1l on Saturday March 11, 2017 @08:00PM (#13848248)
one single actor < a few large actors you can choose from < lots of actors to choose from < medium size organizations can and do often run their own < individuals can ran their own (Email Is Here) < individuals commonly run their own

Let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good.

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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by corford on Saturday March 11, 2017 @06:55AM (#13845173)
I still run my own for personal email (postfix + dovecot). Runs off a Linode VM atm and has no problem getting through to Gmail, Hotmail etc. users.
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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by homakov on Saturday March 11, 2017 @11:05AM (#13845834)
"Most people don't know rocket science" "Actually I know some rocket science!"
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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by yellowapple on Saturday March 11, 2017 @06:57PM (#13848000)
Just because practically nobody is doesn't mean practically nobody can't, which was my point.
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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by dredmorbius on Saturday March 11, 2017 @10:21AM (#13845676)
That's true, but not a given.
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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by kwhitefoot on Saturday March 11, 2017 @06:39AM (#13845137)
I used to run my own but I can't find anyone to relay the mail anymore.
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