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Any reason I shouldn't sign up right now? edit: Signed up. Half off for life is a sweet deal.

by zymhan 10y ago

my_ghola 10y ago
Has the code been audited?
- zymhan 10y ago
  Meh, I can always not renew it. I'm unlikely to be better off continuing to use Gmail in the meantime.
ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago
If you had any old account, looks like you should be able to connect now. Too bad imap.lavabit.com:143 is firewalled on their side.
- sbenfsck 10y ago
  The website is up now, I think it'll be a bit until the mail is up.
  - ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago
    Source: https://twitter.com/kingladar/status/822583975067713536 https://twitter.com/kingladar/status/822583975067713536
dandelion_lover 10y ago
As written in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13447493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13447493), one has to give away too much personal information without clear reason. I would suggest to use https://posteo.de https://posteo.de instead. They offer anonymous payment by post (I'm just a happy user).
- hackuser 10y ago
  > I would suggest to use https://posteo.de https://posteo.de instead. They offer anonymous payment by post (I'm just a happy user). I glanced at it. It may offer anonymous signup but it uses standard mail protocols. Almost every email Posteo processes for its users reveals their identities.
- zymhan 10y ago
  I'm not trying to have anonymous email, my personal email has my full name as the domain. I just want something that is encrypted and open-source. I give away my name and credit card info to plenty of websites. That won't help someone crack my private key used for lavabit any easier.
traskjd 10y ago
Not questioning you, since anon might not be your primary driver. However, this reminds of a UK survey in the early 2000's that said some crazy number (50%?) of computer users would give up their password for a candy bar :-)

4 ms·

Any reason I shouldn't sign up right now? edit: Signed up. Half off for life is a sweet deal.

by zymhan 10y ago

Any reason I shouldn't sign up right now? edit: Signed up. Half off for life is a sweet deal.

my_ghola 10y ago
Has the code been audited?
- zymhan 10y ago
  Meh, I can always not renew it. I'm unlikely to be better off continuing to use Gmail in the meantime.
ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago
If you had any old account, looks like you should be able to connect now. Too bad imap.lavabit.com:143 is firewalled on their side.
- sbenfsck 10y ago
  The website is up now, I think it'll be a bit until the mail is up.
  - ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago
    Source: https://twitter.com/kingladar/status/822583975067713536 https://twitter.com/kingladar/status/822583975067713536
dandelion_lover 10y ago
As written in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13447493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13447493), one has to give away too much personal information without clear reason. I would suggest to use https://posteo.de https://posteo.de instead. They offer anonymous payment by post (I'm just a happy user).
- hackuser 10y ago
  > I would suggest to use https://posteo.de https://posteo.de instead. They offer anonymous payment by post (I'm just a happy user). I glanced at it. It may offer anonymous signup but it uses standard mail protocols. Almost every email Posteo processes for its users reveals their identities.
- zymhan 10y ago
  I'm not trying to have anonymous email, my personal email has my full name as the domain. I just want something that is encrypted and open-source. I give away my name and credit card info to plenty of websites. That won't help someone crack my private key used for lavabit any easier.
traskjd 10y ago
Not questioning you, since anon might not be your primary driver. However, this reminds of a UK survey in the early 2000's that said some crazy number (50%?) of computer users would give up their password for a candy bar :-)