Subj : Question for the nominees
To : Tim Schattkowsky
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Feb 28 2025 02:22 pm
Hello Tim,
On Thursday February 27 2025 18:12, you wrote to Dan Clough:
TS> I know that WinPoint is used for example in Ukraine and other regions
TS> because it provides a level of security through obscurity. Still,
TS> neither the transmissions nor the payload are properly protected.
TS> Available mechanics from MD5 BinkP to PGP-encrypted netmails have tool
TS> support issues are are just not safe by todays standards.
In the case of FDidonet security through onscurity seems to work. It seems to not yet have atracted the attention of governmemt security services. If we strart playing with high level security mechanisms it may have the acverse effect of attracting rheir attention.
TS> And other people sometimes like to send a screenshot to explain their
TS> problem. The ability to get a picture through if needed is commonplace
TS> everywhere else.
And that is exactly where Fidonet is different from all the rest. If we start adding all that, it may hasting the end of Fidonet because it will becomes just one of the many.
Letting the bikers into the horse club to "save" it may just turn it into anoher bikers club instead of saving the horse club.
