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Is there a reason S/MIME and OpenPGP do not coexist? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 22 hours ago by tiz@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For example, one provider and client like proton mail only uses OpenPGP and apple mail client only supports s/mime. Why is that? Why can we not have Proton mail support both, end of the story. Ain’t it?

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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago

it's really no worse than S/MIME

That’s damning with faint praise if I ever heard it.

The biggest problem of OpenPGP is key management. The web of trust is fine but key rotation is an absolute nightmare. And I say this as someone who has been comfortable using it for 27 years.