jimmy90@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoDoes email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareDoes email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse?jimmy90@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·7 months agoWell for one, email is inherently insecure, so not sure if the fediverse can learn from that. It’s already not private.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s not inherently insecure. There are secure email services but all parties have to be using it.
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoExactly, that was my point. Email as it is, is insecure, because you can’t encrypt it and make it work universally unless everyone else does.
Well for one, email is inherently insecure, so not sure if the fediverse can learn from that. It’s already not private.
It’s not inherently insecure. There are secure email services but all parties have to be using it.
Exactly, that was my point. Email as it is, is insecure, because you can’t encrypt it and make it work universally unless everyone else does.