sorry, obviously i mis-sent that.

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May 23, 2019, 9:49 PM by mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com:

> I use Tutanota.com, they allow multiple open sessions, many people can look 
> at/use the same email address if they all have the email addr. and password.  
> I suspect other encrypted mail providers do the same.  However, if it's 
> actually of value i'd use something more secure.  You can always encrypt 
> documents and send them out over any old email, likely far more securely than 
> plaintext sent encrypted via mail server.  They did have a security flaw in 
> the tutanota software months ago and people got into mail boxes, I've since 
> seen a small amount of spam (I usually get none, aggressive pursuit works!) 
> demonstrating again that humans are usually the weakest part of any security 
> system.  So, how much do you trust people you haven't met?   I suspect most 
> lawyers would agree that email is just a bad idea if confidentiality matters, 
> or the web in general frankly and it's getting worse fast.
>
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> May 23, 2019, 9:39 PM by gtay...@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net:
>
>> On 5/23/19 1:11 PM, Dale wrote:
>>
>>> I have to deal with a State entity for some communications and they do that 
>>> send a link thing to go to a Cisco site to get/send emails. I guess it is 
>>> somewhat better than just plain open email but as you point out, if they 
>>> have the email with the link, they do the same as the intended recipient 
>>> and get the encrypted email too.
>>>
>>
>> Some of these types of sites, most that I've used, configure something out 
>> of band, usually a password, such that you have to have that to get logged 
>> in to see the message(s) in the future.
>>
>> I know that my insurance, my bank, and my CC company do this.  Just having 
>> the link is not sufficient to be able to read the ""secure message.
>>


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