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Re:Someone is stealing unpublished book manuscripts in a phi... by MaxBarraclough on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:07AM (#25543212)
> In my mother’s case I am sure pgp is too complex, but shouldn’t we demand it in a professional context?

HTTPS has been successful in being both highly secure and requiring no real attention (or technical knowledge) from the average user. Could this not be done with email too? Isn't this a job for the IT department rather than for the user themselves?

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Re:Someone is stealing unpublished book manuscripts in a phi... by jpxw on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:17AM (#25543264)
The (rough) equivalent of HTTPS is DMARC/DKIM.

It doesn’t solve this problem, in the same way that Amazon using HTTPS doesn’t stop people visiting non-Amazon phishing websites.

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