Let's start sending all paper mail with no envelopes.
Why not? What's that you say? Privacy? Hmmm. That's reasonable.
Then, maybe we should send emails enclosed in 'envelopes', Yes?
What a great idea! Envelopes. (I kid.)
Seriously, What is obvious to me is that we are NOT taking privacy seriously where email is concerned.
Remedy: Federally Mandate PGP, GnuPG, S/MIME email encryption.
The key word is 'Mandate'. If ISPs can assume that the requisite enclosure (encrypted, signed certificate) is used (a simple test of the MIME header) then all spam mail gets shunted.
Side effects:
MIME sender address cannot be tampered with.
The channel for email becomes a closed loop where senders and recipients can communicate confidently without fear of opening spam and maintain guaranteed privacy.
Think of it as being like a VPN for email. Yeh, Yeh, that's right.
DNSSec does the same thing for DNS transactions ensuring your DNS requests are indeed being sent to a bona fide DNS server.
Read my blog and decide for yourselves:
o PGP: Empowerment and Your Privacy
o Still sending naked email? Get your protection here
Right now all email is going without 'envelopes' (clear text--readable by anyone). Oh dear. That's not good.
Not something you'd do with regular mail. Think about it.
Privacy. It's your right Folks.
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