On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Ted Lemon <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mar 21, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Robin Wilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Even if an email goes from my browser to Google's servers over https,
> and goes between Google's servers over https, I did not see a commitment to
> encryption of the email when it is at rest, rather than in motion...
>
> Best is the enemy of good enough.   To compromise your mail on the server,
> they have to compromise the server.   To compromise it in flight, they just
> have to tap the network.
>

Mail on the server is precisely what PRISM went after.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)>

Which would you rather do, dig up a sub-sea cable, or tap a server admin on
the shoulder?

--Richard




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