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Re:When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” by yardstick on Monday September 26, 2022 @04:31AM (#32980748)
I think the more important question is why are you still supporting this ISP by being their customer?
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Re:When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” by ripdog on Monday September 26, 2022 @11:28AM (#32984387)
In corporate hellscapes like the USA, there is often no choice in ISPs, either because other ISPs can't justify the infrastructure investment to set up in opposition to the incumbent, or because the incumbent has lobbied local government to make use of power poles/conduits exclusive to them.
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Re:When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” by gernb on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:42AM (#32981115)
could be on airport wifi, store wifi, cafe wifi, hotel wifi, etc...

https prevents them injecting shit

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Re:When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” by Handytinge on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:18AM (#33079916)
None of those are networks I could consider secure.

Even with https, there's no scenario where I'm not encapsulating all traffic in a tunnel there.

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Re:When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” by yardstick on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:48AM (#32981897)
Sure, but this was in specific reference to “My ISP”. I can understand no choice in a hotel/cafe/etc. But there’s now lots of choice for home internet. Wired, cellular, even Starlink.
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Re:When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” by ranger_danger on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:59AM (#33007356)
As if most people even have a choice.
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