Incredible to think about that we got it right the first time (with email) and still had to spend the last 20 years complaining about centralized social networks.
yeah its hard for an essential service to die. I will spout one of my super downvoted opinions but I think every government should be providing email service the same way they provide physical mail service. With all the rights currently given to physical mail. Im not saying as the only option and im being idealistic in thinking we can do like what we did with physical mail in this modern time. But I don’t care. Its essential and there should be a version people have that is a right and cannot go away.
I’m not sure why the USPS shouldn’t be the sole provider of email in the US.
No profit motive and no private interests.
I’m sure there could still be private carriers, just like there’s still private delivery services like UPS and FedEx, but I don’t see why the average person should be relying on a private company for essential infrastructure.
I think every government should be providing email service the same way they provide physical mail service. With all the rights currently given to physical mail.
We’ve tried that in Germany. The De-Mail was already dead when it was born.
I mean it should not be. It should be run if no one is using it but government communication should always be through it so you know its legit. I’d be fine if it was not popular. I mean if everyone sent everything through ups and fedex I would still want usps to be a thing here.
I think every government should be providing email service the same way they provide physical mail service
The problem with that is that email is not really secure enough for sensitive stuff like your bank account statements or your health/medicine journals from your doctor.
That is why in Denmark we don’t have the government provide actual email, but there is rather a digital mailing system where you authenticate with your digital ID and can receive secured mail from banks, municipalities, health authorities, tax authorities and others.
I mean I want this as part of the system. I actually want my bank statement sent via email without sensitive information in it. I mean I really. really. wish we had what you do but im not keen on digital documentation being an email that says log onto the site. Its like getting a postcard that says hoof it over to the office. Since email is no less secure than snail mail I see no issue with statements going out by email if its just not going to be done properly. I mean I give my accounts nicknames. I don’t need the account numbers on the statements or anything else crazy like my ssn.
Since email is no less secure than snail mail
I would disagree with that. The attack surface on snail mail is much, much smaller (only whoever can get in physical contact with my mail) and any attack scales incredibly badly. It is also often hard to read snail mail without making it obvious that it has been tampered with (i.e. opening the envelope).
Meanwhile the attack surface of email is huge (basically the entire internet), any attack can scale wildly and it is impossible to tell if anyone else read an email.
By and large, physical stuff is much more secure than digital stuff, just less convenient.
