Proposal of OpenPGP Email Validation

[MFPA]

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On Friday 31 July 2015 at 8:15:23 AM, in
<mid:55BB208B.6090807 at mail.ru>, listo factor wrote:

> The problem with most "e-mail reform" proposals (this
> one included) is that they don't address what is the
> primary problem of essential users of the encrypted
> communication: that to their attackers the knowledge of
> who communicates with whom is of greater value than the
> content of the message.

Taken in the round for general surveillance purposes, yes.

But for a relatively small number of messages, it's the content that
is more valuable. For example, if Bob emails Alice his credit card
details (or commercial secrets).



> Without solving that primary
> problem, the motivation for the adoption of any new
> scheme is either low or non-existent.

One scheme that does address the metadata issue is Confidant Mail
<https://confidantmail.org/>.


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