Submission + - Why don't more people use S/MIME? 1
Puchku writes: "The question is: Why don't more people use digital certificates or S/MIME for email? Given that email spam is a huge problem, and getting a certificate is often trivially easy and free, why does this not get more play on tech sites and in the media? Can all of you who work for big tech companies tell me if you use digital certificates for identity verification and encryption, and if not, then why not?
Cost? Ease of use? Any other issues? How about for a home user? Should I get a digital certificate from Verisgn, and use that for all correspondence?
I understand that using something like PGP may be difficult to set up, depending on the skill level of the users, but since 90% of email clients support S/MIME, surely this would be easier to implement? Verisign's and Thawte's and Comodo's of the world, please answer."
Cost? Ease of use? Any other issues? How about for a home user? Should I get a digital certificate from Verisgn, and use that for all correspondence?
I understand that using something like PGP may be difficult to set up, depending on the skill level of the users, but since 90% of email clients support S/MIME, surely this would be easier to implement? Verisign's and Thawte's and Comodo's of the world, please answer."
