fireweedFeb 4

Reading the Files got me like

https://lemmy.world/post/42674182

Show thread14th_cylonFeb 4

they simply don’t have to care. in a similar way where jobs was wearing jeans and black shirt while everyone around him was saluting in suits. he didn’t have to.

also these messages were supposed to be private, lot of our signal/whatsapp chats also look less professional than work emails.

Show threadpiconautFeb 4
Were these emails encrypted? I thought that regular email is basically public, like sending a postcard. Or is that not the case anymore?
Show threadTartas1995Feb 5

Most of the internet, nowadays, is encrypted on transmission.

Some things are end-to-end encrypted, some things are only encrypted for transmission, and rarely (nowadays) things are not encrypted at all.

Emails are encrypted for transmission.

That means, your email is readable on your computer, on your email server, on their email server and on their computer. Your email is not readable by your router, their router, your ISP, their ISP, or anyone operating a machine over which the transmission happens.

There are end-to-end encryption for email but you would know if you would use it.

Show thread14th_cylon

Emails are encrypted for transmission.

no. they may be and probably most of them are, but they are not by design. mx to mx can still go in plaintext.

Feb 5 at 9:09amWeb
Show threadTartas1995Feb 5
Are you aware of any mail server or client that is not using encrypted channels?
Show thread14th_cylonFeb 5
that’s not relevant question. people are running old software and people are running software in other than default settings. so while the mail can be encrypted on the way, you can’t count on that.