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by MichaelGG 3276 days ago
Still doesn't address sending credentials plaintext or what benefit this has, at all. Adds another roundtrip for no benefit. Using TLS doesn't change the identification, just requires a few packets to be exchanged; not a huge deal.

So again, how did Lavabit help its customers by not forcing TLS for IMAP?