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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guess i read that in german IT news?

[–] user134450 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The situation isn't that different in Germany: emails can be used as evidence in court, though they aren't as strong as evidence as say: a signed letter. There is also the issue with proving that an email actually arrived, but i would assume that in this case that is already covered.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, it was because sender can be easily forged, etc. Or was it swiss? Anyway.

[–] user134450 3 points 1 month ago

senders can only be easily forged if you control the senders mail server or if they don't use best practices for running a mail server.
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there are cryptographic signatures on almost all mails sent by large mail providers these days, which makes it very hard to just forge an email that will hold up to closer examination with the help of the provider. so basically the IT techs of the company would need to be on board with whatever the perpetrator is doing, for them to get away with it.