In my experience with researching online drug and exploit markets as soon as a reliable Tor-hosted email provider springs up they become the default email provi

In my experience with researching online drug and exploit markets as soon as a reliable Tor-hosted email provider springs up they become the default email provider for almost everybody. Previously the default provider has been safe-mail.net but they've had a lot of issues. Before that it was TorMail, and the FBI ended up seizing all of those mailboxes since it was hosted at Freedom Hosting (and was an amateur operation) [1] What it means is that web email providers act more like online dead drops rather than as traditional email providers. PGP use is pretty consistent in these communities - as is rotating keys and email accounts. [1] I can't recall of the top of my head any indictements that resulted from TorMail being seized.