ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption

Started by TeaLeaf, November 13, 2014, 04:33:12 PM

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TeaLeaf

November 13, 2014, 04:33:12 PM
Interesting article at the EFF about STARTTLS.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/starttls-downgrade-attacks


BT is my ISP and they do not support STARTTLS.  Shame on them. :sad:
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BrotherTobious

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November 13, 2014, 06:16:02 PM
Looks like Zen does
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smilodon

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November 13, 2014, 07:11:49 PM
I wonder what's impact this has on Google Apps users? I'm assuming my email is encrypted between my PC and Google and so Virgin Media don't get involved? What happens after that is anyone's guess!
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Gone_Away

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November 13, 2014, 09:10:59 PM
couldn't find which do and which don't..

does virgin media do this?

Twyst

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November 14, 2014, 09:42:04 PM
That's quite nasty and harsh.

I, for one, host my own email server, but that still leaves me at the mercy of my ISP. Luckily mine guarantees the connection will be pure, unfiltered. But I also pay a premium for this, but mainly for the native IPv6 connection :)
Still, stripping the flag out can be done anywhere along the chain - which is why my server requires STARTTLS so any tom foolery is outright rejected.

I'd rather not send an email than have it read.

But I'd imagine using TOR could easily circumvent this.
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