Understanding Email Encryption
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today at 8:54 AM
> Additionally, servers donβt verify certificates by default. [β¦] This is because verifying the certificate adds no security when an active attacker could just fall back to an unencrypted connection.
But surely the eventual goal is encrypted-only, at which time thatβs no longer the case. Not verifying certificates feels like it may just slow down the process, because now when it looks okay you may actually find itβs not, the error is just masked for now.