On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 2, 2014, at 10:38 PM, John Robinson wrote: > > Now a question to those that would know. I hear Lee and others talking > about encryption in our emails, needing the "key" on both ends. If Apple > can do this with iMessage then why can't they do it with our mail? Because > they control the entire package with iMessage and they can't with all the > various email services? Guessing. > > > The strong encryption with iMessage only works if you're communicating > with someone else who's also using iMessage. Apple has to control both ends > of the conversation to ensure security. Remember, iMessage is built into > the Messages app in iOS, so when you send a text to someone who is using > iOS or OS X, you'll get security. If you use Messages to send a text to > someone using another operating system (Android, Windows, etc.), there is > no security. > > The same problem arises with email. You can only send encrypted email to > someone who has taken the trouble to share a public key with you. I make my > public keys readily available, but there are few people who use them to > encrypt email to me. > > Unencrypted email is just like sending all your snail mail on postcards. > Encrypted mail is like sending your snail mail in an envelope nobody but > the intended recipient can open. I've been encouraging people to use > encrypted email for many years, but it seems most people just don't care > who sees their email. >
I've never been able to understand how this works. What are the keys doing? -dan
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