Re: E-mail major cause of bad security says security expert

The following quotation arrived at the ietf-822 mailing list (cc'd), where
it has caused a bit of discussion.

> "All of the security and privacy issues on the Web now relate to
> e-mail," said Adam Shostack, director of technology at
> Zero-Knowledge Systems, a Montreal-based privacy and security
> company. "The shame about this behavior is that it's going on
> surreptitiously and people are not given an obvious way to opt
> out."  [...]
Is the quotation accurate? If so, would you mind elaborating?

--Arnt