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by justintocci 3523 days ago
The existing solutions all fail because they add friction.

There is a clear way forward. Add transparency to email clients. For example, i have two emails in my in box right now. Which one was sent in the clear? Which via ssl? I don't know. If i knew, then i might be annoyed by the one that was sent in the clear. And if i'm annoyed i might do something about it.

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macOS mail identifies S/MIME signed/encrypted emails with a little icon.

Honestly knowing that the email traveled over a secure transport is less important than knowing its signed/encrypted.