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uzlonewolf t1_j0t9e8y wrote

Reply to comment by resisting_a_rest in Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web by psychothumbs

> If I send an email to a non existent address today, don't I get an email back saying it doesn't exist? Or is that not a thing anymore?

Depends on how the server is configured. Most still do this yes, however it is rate limited so someone can't try thousands of random addresses per second. You can't really rate limit DNS like that.

The "whitelist" option is similar to what people do now with PGP/GPG keys, no special server needed.

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resisting_a_rest t1_j0tn0fc wrote

I'm talking about making it something that the average person would use, not the person that is going to be managing public keys manually.

It could even just be an option to "send this email encrypted" for only one-off emails, and most receivers that deal with sensitive information (banks, brokerages, insurance, etc.) would be able to receive encrypted email this way. It would be the standard way of sending encrypted messages.

Currently, the way I need to do this now with my broker is to either log in to their website and send a message through it, or use a special web-based encrypted message service. It's not a nice way of doing things.

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