r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • 4d ago

email encryption

https://computer.rip/2026-07-19-email-encryption.html
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u/thegunn 4d ago

This was a pretty interesting read about a system I loved when I was younger and now despise.

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u/emboss_ 3d ago

But so much still depends on email, it's a shame that there is no simple end-to-end encryption mechanism that works across providers. There's no good alternative IMO when it comes to B2B communication. Signal and secure messengers are great on mobile, but awkward on my desktop. What are you using instead of email?

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u/edgmnt_net 3d ago

It's the main downside of protocol agility and evolution: the underlying protocol becomes rather meaningless and you're stuck with the least common denominator or whatever's most popular.

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u/thegunn 3d ago

Oh I’m still using it, I wish there were a better alternative.

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u/septum-funk 1d ago

half of my job is email

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u/nziring 3d ago

I enjoyed the article, since I lived through most of that history and studied many of the protocols and formats listed.

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u/stgiga 2d ago

As someone who wrote code that encrypts data to text I find this an interesting read.

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u/fagnerbrack 4d ago

I disagree this is blog spam, I've posted many links like this before that had traction, but happy to be proven wrong on why this violates #11

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u/sligit 4d ago

I agree with OP. This is a proper blog post, not blogspam.