On 11/17/22 10:13 PM, Dave Warren wrote:
This isn't e-mail, it's a hosted text document and a link sent by email. It is functionally the same as putting something on a (vaguely) private PasteBin and telling your recipient where to go look at it.
Agreed.I have read about some email encryption methods that do send the encrypted message but don't provide the key with the cipher text. Rather the client has to get the key from the sender (or their host) upon disposition.
This is germane as it means that the sender can refuse to give out the key after a certain point. Thereby expiring the encrypted message contents. (Assuming that the message encryption is sufficiently advanced that it effectively can't be read without the key.)
N.B. message expiry is subject to the recipient saving the key for later re-use and / or screen shot and / or over the shoulder security holes.
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