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fareastcoast

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    Comment #9554579

    ProtonMail also isn't encrypting with a password, it's fully OpenPGP compliant using full length RSA keys. Also, how do we know Lavaboom is going to be around and stable? ProtonMai…

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    Comment #7757920

    I think the idea of ProtonMail is to serve the part of the population that mostly uses the browser. Obviously if you wanted to be super secure, there are more sophisticated methods…

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    Comment #7757878

    I don't really agree with this. Gmail is compromised by the NSA sending one email to Google.

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    Comment #7757758

    An attacker would have to (1) Gain access to the server in Switzerland (without the admins noticing) or (2) Break the SSL and execute a MITM attack. It seems ProtonMail actively sc…

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    Comment #7757660

    The JS doesn't appear to be compressed so it's possible to view source and see what exactly it's doing. So if it was actually backdoored, somebody will actually find out.

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    Comment #7757616

    Well, selling out American millionaires is one thing, I have a feeling the Swiss would be less willing to sell out private communications to the NSA.