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The Greatest Flaw on the Internet: Email!

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What a terrible security infrastructure we have! After decades of email, it is still one of the most insecure mechanisms of all the systems we use, and, by far, the most common attack vector. There’s no verification of the sender! There’s no verification that the email has not been tampered with! There’s no real checking of timestamps! It can hide whatever it wants in any part of the email! It can tell a sender when…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.