[Cialug] Dumb. Dumb Security.

[Josh More]

No. They have not.

They're talking about transmission encryption. You need both transmission
and storage encryption.

Tell them to call me. I'll fix their mess for them. ;)
On Aug 20, 2012 3:44 PM, "Todd Walton" <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unsubscribe.  No more FutureAdvisor.
>
> I asked them to terminate my account and got this response:
>
> "Given the ubiquity of encrypted email we've not spent the time to
> offer finer control of email preferences. Email is 100% encrypted
> while in our hands. Our mailing service SendGrid sends encrypted mail
> by default and it would only be an outdated email server or email
> client that may make your email less secure. For example Gmail became
> encrypted by default in 2010."
>
> I'm a techie, but not a security expert... but since when did this
> magically encrypted Internet exist?  I'm being flippant.  But in all
> seriousness, have things changed that much?
>
> --
> Todd
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