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Police shut more than 14,000 accounts on Mega, Tutanota and Protonmail (therecord.media)

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[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

So any email address is not encrypted even if the message goes to another encrypted account? Is this correct?

[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes, the "to address" cannot be encrypted as it is necessary to deliver the mail, the "from address" are needed to send a notification when the "to address" doesn't exist.

Technically, the "from address" probably can be encrypted, like in signal; but I think it is required in the current email standard.

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Thank you. This helped.

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