Eh I find it horrible how this has slipped numerous patches since the release of iOS 7. I would have expected it to be patched in 7.1 or even at worse 7.1.1. Hopefully 7.1.2 is inbound.

 

It shouldn't impact you in the least, you don't seem like the 'secret services' type.

 

Hmm; Two types of encryption;
(a) transmission to/from the post-office (aka https or encryption directly on smtp port) vs.
(b) encryption on the users end-point system as stored on the hd.

for (a), all one needs to verify is the absence of port 25 in the smtp configuration of the users email client program.

for (b) - - imo, all bets are off and that would be a function of the email client OR the use of something like PGP
{where the sender encrypts the the body of the email and then attaches it to the email; the receiver then gets a protected attachment on disk and is responsible to decrypt it him/her self}

Of course, one could enable the MS EFS service, but that's a major pit-fall in and of itself!!

I think there is a misunderstanding by the user here.

 

Btw: the ref to MS EFS is a metaphor

 

In this story:

So, Apple wants to store email encrypted, but has failed in their email client. Too bad, as obviously that is highly desirable with mobile devices susceptible to loss or being stolen.

btw: mounting device A on system B and using B to access A's data has been a LONG loophole in security as the filesystem permissions and the ACLs are useless.