I am not suggesting that this thread be "suppressed", but perhaps it should be marked [OT]?
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 11:51 AM John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote: > Gene writes: > > As the situation now stands, an encrypted email is a bright red flag > > in front of the bull in a china shop, so they will expend a lot of cpu > > cycles to read it because if it didn't contain sensitive data, it > > wouldn't be encrypted in the first place. > > While I find the behavior of the intelligence agencies morally repugnant > as a practical matter they are not part of my threat model. > > > The encryption insures that it will be read... > > It *may* be scanned by software. A lot more goes into the decision to > attempt to decrypt an encrypted message than the mere fact that it is > encrypted. Most likely it results in an addition to a database of IPs > known to emit encrypted messages. It almost certainly won't be read. > > > ...then a small maybe that it will be delivered to the > > addressee. > > It will already have been delivered. > > > If its a trigger msg, you can bet it will be printed for later perusal > > by a grand jury and the digital copy will be delivered to /dev/null. > > It will mark the sender and receiver for investigation. Why would they > tell their enemies that they are reading their mail? > -- > John Hasler > jhas...@newsguy.com > Elmwood, WI USA > >
