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Re: Email security: PGP/GPG & S/MIME vulnerability drop imminent


From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn () mork no>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 14:13:17 +0200

Brian Kantor <Brian () ampr org> writes:

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 05:34:31AM -0400, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 01:47:50PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
TL;DR = Don't use HTML email [snip]

That's enough right there.  HTML markup in email is used exclusively
by three kinds of people: (1) ignorant newbies who don't know any
better (2) ineducable morons who refuse to learn (3) spammers.
There are no exceptions.

---rsk

Ah, if it only were those.  But the infestation has spread; nearly
every corporate communication these days is polluted by HTML, with
a very high percentage of that containing no content other than
hyperlinks that say, in one form or another, "click on this link
to read your message."

I don't see any contradiction here.

Banks especially.

All three combined.


Bjørn


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