Maybe I'm missing something, but .. what do you think is _new_ about this 'made in Germany' mails here?
Using TLS for smtp (which seems to be what you're referring to for the 'route over the Atlantic' thing)?
Using TLS for submission/the client? Every respectable site and certainly every web mail client that isn't utterly broken offers https / TLS already.
I see nothing but a stupid media campaign and fishing for scared and clueless end users that read about this in their favorite tabloid. A.k.a. the BILD/Computer BILD target crowd.
Using TLS for smtp (which seems to be what you're referring to for the 'route over the Atlantic' thing)?
Using TLS for submission/the client? Every respectable site and certainly every web mail client that isn't utterly broken offers https / TLS already.
I see nothing but a stupid media campaign and fishing for scared and clueless end users that read about this in their favorite tabloid. A.k.a. the BILD/Computer BILD target crowd.