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On 30 May 2002 at 13:53, Tim Bray wrote:
> Shipping unencrypted sensitive information from anywhere to anywhere
> over any medium whatsoever is egregiously stupid. Fortunately, the
> infrastructure is well-supplied with tools to support secure encrypted
> transmission of anything from anywhere to anywhere; whether the anything
> is XML or not is purely orthogonal.
This reminded me of one of my favorite quotes:
"Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an
armored car to deliver credit-card information from someone living in
a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench" - Spaff
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