Vincent Breitmoser <[email protected]> writes: >In some more detail: >https://k9mail.github.io/2016/11/24/OpenPGP-Considerations-Part-I.html > >[...] Signed-Only Mails are Useless [...]
Yup, and it's for exactly the reasons given there that the S/MIME WG decided many years ago not to sign messages sent to the list. Courts, similarly, rule on the intent of the signer, not some attached bag of bits (see e.g. Steven Mason's excellent "Electronic Signatures in Law"). So while I wouldn't go so far as to call them harmful, I'd agree that they're mostly useless, unless you're using one to make some special point. Even then, if it's for legal purposes, a court will look at almost everything but the signature when deciding on its effect. Peter. _______________________________________________ Messaging mailing list [email protected] https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging
