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if anything we are lacking a law. A law ensuring a government backed email system comparable to USPS for regular mail Just as the USPS allows for personal mai
by cupofpython 4y ago
if anything we are lacking a law. A law ensuring a government backed email system comparable to USPS for regular mail
Just as the USPS allows for personal mailing, each person should be provided an email address that has unhindered access to send email to any other email address in that domain. government ID required for the email address, so there is accountability if you abuse it the same way you would be held accountable for mailing dangerous goods from your home mailbox
- technobabbler 4y agoMm, seems like the costs of that would way outweigh the benefits... An email system with the speed of the USPS, the ease of use of the DMV, the security of the social security system, and the billing of the IRS. It already sounds like a digital gulag, lol
- cupofpython 4y agoHaha I know what you mean - but realistically all the government really needs to do is provide specification and fund it, while having the courts uphold its reliability. for example, Google could provide the service - but they would have to avoid co-mingling the service with their existing one. They wouldnt have the same rights to the content within the email as they do with a gmail account. And they wouldnt be spam filtering small businesses into oblivion for trying to talk to each other directly. technically the service can be fulfilled by multiple vendors adhering to the same specification.