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		geekbeast on Jan 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Starts Email Service for Companies From a practical perspective, yes. From a threat model perspective not really.

rdl on Jan 29, 2015 [–]

It protects from a bunch of lesser threats, like backups leaking keys, anyone hacking a front end box getting keys, needing to rotate keys when employees change, etc.

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