Stop Using Encrypted Email (2020)
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The article argues that using encrypted email is often misguided and ineffective, sparking a discussion on the limitations and potential drawbacks of email encryption.
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PGP is good enough for me. If something is sensitive enough I can include instructions in the PGP encrypted message to use my private forum, private IRC, private voice chat, private SFTP and the email trail goes cold. That's just for me though. Maybe what they stated will apply to others. I can't save everyone.
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[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43901702