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SMTP STARTTLS Deployments Better than Expected, Facebook Says

Facebook dug into the prevalence of SMTP STARTTLS deployments for email encryption and found that 58 percent of messages are sent encrypted and certificate validation happened without a hitch. As more ...
eTeknix

New SMTP STS Email Security Standard Published by Industry Leaders

A number of engineers from some of today’s top tech firms have come together to provide a new standard of security for the sending and receiving of emails. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Comcast, LinkedIn ...
PC World

Facebook encourages email providers to deploy STARTTLS encryption to block spy agencies

Facebook is pushing for more email providers to use STARTTLS, a technology that encrypts emails as they pass between servers and clients, after an analysis showed that any SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer ...
Bleeping Computer

EFF Launches Encryption Initiative for Email Domains Named STARTTLS Everywhere

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced a new project named STARTTLS Everywhere that aims to provide guidance to server administrators on how to set up a proper email server that runs ...
Engadget

The EFF wants to make email servers more secure

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched HTTPS-encryption initiative Let's Encrypt two years ago with Mozilla and Cisco. Now it's turning its attention to email servers with a new project ...
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EFF Calls Out ISPs Modifying STARTTLS Encryption Commands

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has backed VPN provider Golden Frog’s FCC filing that accuses ISPs of stripping out STARTTLS instructions from email messages. As Net Neutrality debates swirl, ...