Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous new precedent

Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by LeoPanthera on Saturday December 08, 2018 @07:32PM (#18638394)

This is increasingly not true. SMTP-over-TLS is now the standard, and unless you are trying to imply that TLS is broken, email is far more secure than it used to be.

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by int_19h on Saturday December 08, 2018 @07:54PM (#18638504)

If it's not end-to-end encrypted, it's not secure in the sense OP clearly means.

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by giancarlostoro on Sunday December 09, 2018 @12:15AM (#18639453)

Correct: if either mail server is compromised by the government then it may as well be plaintext.

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