> It’s completely true. However Mark’s right when saying it could help > to do it client-side...
No. Client-side, you get to inspect (fully) only your data, and you have to develop a statistical model of spam based on only your data. When Gmail filters, it inspects (fully) traffic to *millions* of users, and uses that to create a model no individual user can hope to match. Encrypting everything, even Aunt Edna's recipe for potato salad, means a significant step backwards in the spam fight. I love decentralized algorithms, but there's something to be said for a God's-eye perspective on the problem -- look at decentralized route discovery protocols versus Dijkstra's algorithm as an example. > But the true solution is this one: use only free software, software > you’re sure you can check the sources. Maybe one user in ten thousand has the skill to audit a nontrivial codebase. Free software is a good idea, but let's not pretend that normal users will realize a real benefit from being able to check their source code. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
