Are e-mail users imbeciles?

[hilariousandco]

Maybe they just don't care that the US government read their emails, its mostly spam or junk anyway. 

And most of the population doesnt have anything to hide....

Maybe most don't have anything to hide, but there's plenty of stuff people don't want everbody to know.

[Colin Miner]

However we have a p2p messaging system but I wouldn't recommend it yet until it's a few years older. When it comes to crypto it needs to be studied for a few years before we know if its safe and know all the risks:
http://bitmessage.org

I am thinking of a ten minute response time to each message in order for it to be confirmed 

[BTCWizard]

well, suppose you have a state of the art email account
you send an email to a gmail user. Still your email is readable by government.

I like gmail and outlook.com, I don't have anything to hide from my government, that's why I use them

It's not because the things you say now are not illegal, they will remain that way. Maybe the things you say now could get you in big trouble in the future. And maybe than, you'll realize you should have been scared of your government.

I use a safe emailprovider, unfortunately it doesn't matter much, because most people I mail aren't. 

[btcmad1337]

well, suppose you have a state of the art email account
you send an email to a gmail user. Still your email is readable by government.

Encrypt it with PGP...

[Wendigo]

Well if you dont trade drugs guns or child pornography i guess you are good to go

[BeataTX91]

Those who have something to hide will hide it. I can think of a dozen ways to send secret info, with or without PGP.

[hilariousandco]

Well if you dont trade drugs guns or child pornography i guess you are good to go

It's not just about the if you're doing nothing wrong then you've got nothing to hide excuse, it's about privacy. Do you want someone to know all your business?

[chocomav]

Email will probably never go away due to it's ubiquitousness, but there are of course better systems than others for guarding your privacy. Do you use email yourself - is a good way to answer your own question...

[bluemist]

I think it's down to convenience mostly - the ease of setup and use of something like Gmail or Hotmail outweighs the potential privacy issues for most people

[yatsey87]

I think it's down to convenience mostly - the ease of setup and use of something like Gmail or Hotmail outweighs the potential privacy issues for most people

Most people unfortunately don't seem to care.