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No, you got that right. It's about a single mailbox and only for new mails. As they can't decrypt old mails themselves without a backdoor. Still, once they hav
by bhaak 6y ago
No, you got that right. It's about a single mailbox and only for new mails. As they can't decrypt old mails themselves without a backdoor.
Still, once they have this function, all it takes is a court order to start collecting for other mailboxes.
Tutanota will take this to the next higher court but as it says in the article, they have to start implementing the backdoor right away.
- floatingatoll 6y agoThere's a clear distinction between "We are mandated by the court to maintain plaintext for all accounts for all time" and "We are mandated by the court to have the capability to maintain plaintext for one account when ordered so by subpoena-or-equivalent". This is the latter. Arguments can be had about the relevance of that distinction, but relevant or not, the distinction does exist. Thanks for clarifying! (I'm not participating in the "Is this distinction relevant?" discussion today, sorry, just trying to understand what was passed. See other threads for pro/con arguments.)