Lets not forget the context of this. This was posted one month after the initial Snowden revelations and the problem it was trying to fix was that all the major

Lets not forget the context of this. This was posted one month after the initial Snowden revelations and the problem it was trying to fix was that all the major email providers had known backdoors to the the Five Eyes. 'NSA-Proofing' in this context meant running your own email server which was not known to be backdoored. Granted, its title is hyperbolic, but providing a way to get rid of a known vulnerability in the email chain in a reasonable amount of time (definitely not two hours though) was (and perhaps remains) a reasonable security measure. Original HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6045194 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6045194