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by kbns 710 days ago
While I understand the challenges with SMTP-based email, dismissing privacy concerns as ignorance is unhelpful. It's not at all a technical difficulty—Modern threats demand updated solutions, and opportunistic-TLS isn't enough. Financial incentives and data monetization do play a role in the reluctance of major providers. If new protocols can secure chat apps, similar efforts should be made for email.

Users deserve better privacy protections despite historical constraints.

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> It's not at all a technical difficult

Tell us how you'd implement it and be backwards compatible with existing SMTP servers.

> Financial incentives and data monetization do play a role in the reluctance of major providers.

Do you have evidence that they're preventing E2E SMTP from becoming an RFC?