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On 02/10/2014 04:24 PM, arne renkema-padmos wrote:
> On 10/02/14 21:59, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>> On 02/05/2014 09:48 AM, jan wrote:
>>> implement much automation into Enigmail. One major task would
>>> be automating to find keys for recepients and encrypt emails
>>> if possible.
> 
>> What good is it it encrypt e-mail to most of the recipients? If
>> you send it unencrypted to even one, have you not given up on 
>> encryption? The black hats would not need to decrypt all the 
>> messages sent, only one, and if one is unencrypted, that sure
>> makes their job easy.
> 
> What's your threat model?
> 
> It would make sense to encrypt where possible. E.g. your attacker
> may only have access to the inbox of one of your recipients.
> 
That is a valid point. I assumed that he may have had access to my
outgoing e-mail stream (my Internet connection) or to my ISP that
provides my e-mail service. Someone like the NSA if they cannot be
bothered to insert keyloggers in my computers before they are
delivered to me from the manufacturer.

But what I infer as a different thread model from your question is
certainly a different one.

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