Comment on STARTTLS Considered HarmfulparentComments−jvdh12yYou are not encrypting everything everywhere.It is putting things in a different envelope for each hop you are doing in the post.Yes, it is secured in transit, but there is no way that you can verify that everything went securely.−lmm12ySure. But the point stands: it makes snooping more expensive. Is it perfect? No. Is it better than nothing? Yes.
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You are not encrypting everything everywhere.
It is putting things in a different envelope for each hop you are doing in the post.
Yes, it is secured in transit, but there is no way that you can verify that everything went securely.
Sure. But the point stands: it makes snooping more expensive. Is it perfect? No. Is it better than nothing? Yes.