Submitted by psychothumbs t3_zp40e0 in technology
uzlonewolf t1_j0suw6z wrote
Reply to comment by ColgateSensifoam in Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web by psychothumbs
Eh, the connections to and between servers are usually encrypted with TLS, just like websites, so it's not like it's completely plain-text either.
alphafalcon t1_j0tsk7q wrote
Yeah, usually... But the default fallback mechanism for "I can't connect via TLS/the certificate doesn't match/is expired/something is wrong" is either to ignore the invalid certificate or fall back to plain text.
It's better that directly sending plaintext but only marginally.
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