Their concerns are not about unencrypted email, they refuse to install eavesdrop... | Hacker News

Hacker Timesnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		MagicWishMonkey on Aug 9, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down Their concerns are not about unencrypted email, they refuse to install eavesdropping equipment in their server rack. You can encrypt your email all you want but it's not encrypted in the space between your load balancer and your app server.

bhitov on Aug 9, 2013 [–]

I think in general "encrypted email" refers to end-to-end encrypted email which of course does not have that problem.

Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact