Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down
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Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down
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#2snowden used lavabit?
it shouldn't, but it makes me more confident in my choice of lavabit.
good thing I didnt use webmail.
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#3In response to these email shutdowns, I propose a PGP key signing party in SOMA tomorrow.
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#5Reminds me of when they took Megaupload down. There was a domino effect where a lot of torrent and file sharing sites decided to pack their things and go home.
First the file sharers, then the secure emails. I wonder who's going to be next? The reddits? The HNs?
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#6This is officially Iran level of government-busdiness interaction guys.
US seems to have state religion now, that is State Security. Sin and get destroyed. Reminds me of USSR in that regard.
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#7Reminds me of when they took Megaupload down. There was a domino effect where a lot of torrent and file sharing sites decided to pack their things and go home. First the file sharers, then the secure emails. I wonder who's going to be next? The reddits? The HNs?
I think it's just going to lead to decentralization. More, smaller fish.
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#8The question is, why is this "secure email" safer? Apparently, not as safe as some people assumed.
Focus on security on the ends, not on the middle.
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#9It's a victory of NSA-US govt. over the efforts of EFF and similar organizations. We must continue this fight to safeguard our future.
Here are two free and secure email providers who keep themselves up only by donations:
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#10" Mike Janke, Silent Circle’s chief executive, said in a telephone interview late Thursday that his company had destroyed its server. “Gone. Can’t get it back. Nobody can,” he said. “We thought it was better to take flak from customers than be forced to turn it over.”
That guy has brass balls. It may very well be that this will be interpreted as obstruction of justice, there is a specific element in there about destroying evidence.