On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >>Though long overdue, it should migrate to other browsers pretty easily...
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> And your basis for that statement is... ?     Google hasn't even released it 
> as yet.

The basis for the statement is that there's long been a need for much
easier encryption for email in the browser. Surely you don't disagree,
or do you? Google *has* released it, as alpha, for technical review.
When it will be usable is, of course, unknown.

> BTW, there is no such thing as end-to-end security of data in transit when 
> you don't control both ends of the wire.  There are all sorts of legitimate 
> (or legitimate sounding places) for intermediaries to be inserted.

Yes, but this is, from the blog entry, client-side. It still requires
care from both parties, but with that care, if it works as advertised,
this is a major step forward.

> I'm eager to see just how they plan to provide this functionality so that the 
> implementation can be assessed.

Indeed.

Kurt


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> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Though long overdue, it should migrate to other browsers pretty easily...
>> http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/06/making-end-to-end-encryption-easier-to.html
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>> Kurt
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