On 21 Mar 2014, at 12:27, Ted Lemon 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.
> 
Oh, I'm not suggesting that deployment of https should be deferred until 
there's end-to-end encryption. I'll certainly take https if it's offered. I was 
just pointing out that this announcement doesn't represent a change in Google's 
business model of monetizing the contents of Gmail correspondence.

R 

Robin Wilton
Technical Outreach Director - Identity and Privacy
Internet Society

email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 705 005 2931
Twitter: @futureidentity

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