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0 pointslurkshark9mo ago0 comments

I have a pet theory that the world would be slightly better place if the United States Postal Service had launched a convenient and free (taxpayer-funded) email service before Google:

1. I think folks would be naturally more skeptical of the government than they are of big tech, ideally leading to E2EE for email that's usable by the masses.

2. Phishing and scams could have a dedicated law enforcement arm (Postal Inspectors).

3. We'd reduce the amount of email-based personal data being mined and turned into entirely unregulated ad-tech nightmares.

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ezst9mo ago

> 1. I think folks would be naturally more skeptical of the government than they are of big tech, ideally leading to E2EE for email that's usable by the masses.

That is so weird to me. "Institutions that exist for the sole purpose of serving the people might end up having some power, so let's instead give it all to the literal oligarchs."

elbear9mo ago

Depends on where you are. In some countries people don't trust institutions unfortunately.

account429mo ago

And in some countries trust institutions too much unfortunately.

Ideally you shouldn't just to just blindly trust them.

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