Lars Wirzenius

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I have over forty years of programming experience , over thirty of it working full time. I have code running on billions of devices, on all continents, on all oceans, in orbit, and on Mars.

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Re-thinking electronic mail

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There are many problems with the existing Internet email system, such as spam, scam, surveillance, insecurity, centralization, and complexity. The problems are starting to outweigh the benefits of the system. Fixing the problems by evolving the current system seems overwhelmingly difficult. This essay examines some…