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vabmit

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About vabmit

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    Comment #33181102

    Someone will fork or clone Signal and distribute an app that continues to support SMS and MMS. I would drop Signal for that app, even if I had to pay for it.

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    Comment #26928025

    RIP, Dan. I work with a lot of very smart people. So, I've gotten a bit used to it and don't normally find myself in awe of many people's intelligence. Dan was a person that I was …

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    Comment #21915143

    Possibly. There is very little to no private funding for true privacy products. I think this is one of the reasons that Proton had to initially rely on crowdfunding. Perhaps, this …

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    Comment #21913534

    Here is their write up of the security model: https://protonmail.com/blog/protoncalendar-security-model/

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    Comment #19484832

    The stock isn't doing to well today or Friday. Maybe, just maybe, shitty people lie about financials and build shitty worthless companies.

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    Comment #19455788

    This tactic has been used against companies friends of mine have started. I've only seen it used by large 20+ year old 1970s/1980s publicly traded companies, never someone like Tes…

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    Comment #18319025

    The "Gab.com banned from PayPal" post is still up. But, this post has been hidden.

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    Comment #16555313

    What do you mean "ProtonMail still doesn't support PGP"? You mean sending PGP encrypted e-mails to non-protonmail addresses?

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    Comment #16554874

    In case anyone that doesn't follow the development of the library closely missed it, the main improvement in this version is the introduction of ECC support. ECC tends to be able t…

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    Comment #15806555

    I wouldn't say no one. There are a number of companies that trust Bitcoin enough to use it in trade for their goods and services. For example, ProtonMail (a secure private e-mail p…

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    Comment #15387540

    ProtonMail | Multiple Positions | Geneva, CH; San Francisco, CA; etc | https://protonmail.com Senior Software Engineer (Front-end/Back-end/Mobile/Desktop) Location: Geneva, Zurich,…

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    Comment #15029970

    We will hopefully support ZCash in the future. But, unfortunately, we don't right now. I am a member of the ZCash forum, though. I have been keeping a close watch on the project/co…

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    Comment #15029901

    Try to relax a bit. It is good for your health. :) Both of those features are under development. If you would like to see them sooner rather than later, perhaps you know some great…

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    Comment #15029692

    If you're very concerned, you could use a high speed/volume BitCoin Mixer[1]. For example, if it currently has sufficient volume, something on the Darknet like BitBlender[2][3]. Th…

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    Comment #14809171

    Something similar happened to my dad. He had a pretty successful company providing security guard services mostly on government contracts. It wasn't very lucrative. He wasn't rich.…