On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 11:23 +0100, Anders Thoresson wrote: > Comparing the findings made by Whittens and compare them to the software = > available today, not much seems to have happened. But does the conclusion= > still holds, that a lack of mass-adoption of email encryption is due to = > problematic UX =E2=80=93 or are there other reasons that today are seen a= > s more important?
I don't think it's about UI issues anymore, simply about the lack of a critical mass and the move to webmail. Webmail operators, who by and large are also ad mongers, have zero interest in providing tools for client-side encryption since that would prevent them from analysing the message content and use it for targeting ads. --ll -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
