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pgpfan:subject [2021/09/22 14:04] – created b.walzerpgpfan:subject [2021/09/22 14:21] – Again forgot index links b.walzer
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 An advantage that encrypted email has over other mediums is that the recipient can carefully choose when and where they open the email(([[em:emailvsim]])). Having an envelope subject supports this. An advantage that encrypted email has over other mediums is that the recipient can carefully choose when and where they open the email(([[em:emailvsim]])). Having an envelope subject supports this.
  
-If instead the subject is included with the encrypted part of the email things get more complicated. Some questions:+If it was originally decided that the subject would be included with the encrypted part of the email then things would of been more complicated. Some questions:
  
   * Should we decrypt the entire message just to show the subject?   * Should we decrypt the entire message just to show the subject?
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 Ending on an advocacy note... The fact that the subject of an encrypted email is unencrypted is not some sort of oversight. It is a simple and reasonable thing to do. Such an unencrypted subject could even be considered an essential feature for a medium like encrypted email. It would certainly be possible to  have some sort of encrypted context/summary but that would be an addition, not a replacement. Ending on an advocacy note... The fact that the subject of an encrypted email is unencrypted is not some sort of oversight. It is a simple and reasonable thing to do. Such an unencrypted subject could even be considered an essential feature for a medium like encrypted email. It would certainly be possible to  have some sort of encrypted context/summary but that would be an addition, not a replacement.
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 +[[pgpfan:index|PGP FAN index]]
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 +[[em:index|Encrypted Messaging index]]
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pgpfan/subject.txt · Last modified: 2021/11/02 13:21 by b.walzer