From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: POP3 password in plaintext? Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:49:53 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412024686 17177 80.91.229.3 (29 Sep 2014 21:04:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:04:46 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 29 23:04:42 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XYi7c-0004Kb-FN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:04:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39100 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XYi7c-00005g-2h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:04:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49447) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XYi7W-0008WS-Oa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:04:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XYi7V-0006hd-SO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:04:34 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59347) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XYi7V-0006dm-Pu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:04:33 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XYhtJ-0003qj-8x; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:49:53 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:174815 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/29/londoners-wi-fi-security-herod-clause says that POP3 passwords are sometimes transmitted in plain text. Is plaintext transmission of passwords inherent in POP3 or is it optional? Is there something we can and should do to encourage users to stop the plaintext transmission of their POP3 passwords? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.