Email Is Dangerous

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Email Is Dangerous
Introduction
The writer of the paper is trying to say that email has become very unsafe and dangerous for communication due to its privacy issues. The claim is according to the report by Efail, a security exploits, stating that encrypted (secure and private) email was not only hard to create but might also be practically unrealistic due to what the core of the email is (Norton np).
Summary
According to the author, email began as a small network in which grad schools flirted with the US military, had no privacy measures or structures for email authentication, and email privacy model relied on individual courtesy, not to read other person’s email. However, ideas for crucial unrestricted cryptography were introduced enabling people to communicate through privacy that is mathematically verifiable and was mainly used by government institutions. In 1991 Zimmerman entered the PGP cryptography and later new forms of encrypted communication were discovered including the MIME and S/MIME created by Ned Freed and Nathaniel Borenstein (Norton np). The technology allowed individuals to add attachments to emails and instruct the computer on how to handle them. Eventually, the discovery of the web together with MIME code and standards turned the email into a full-grown internet browser.
Argument of the Article
The dangers of using the email, as indicated by Efail, are based on the fact …