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> 6. Protonmail Follows CIA Email format & Metadata Requirements > Leaked documents at Wikileaks show that the CIA requires emails to be stored as an EML filet
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> 6. Protonmail Follows CIA Email format & Metadata Requirements
> Leaked documents at Wikileaks show that the CIA requires emails to be stored as an EML filetype. There are several ways to store emails, and Protonmail has selected the format that the CIA requires.
Ummm, what now? It seems to be literally crazy to take that as evidence that ProtonMail is a CIA front. What next? The ProtonMail website is written in English and the CIA speaks English too, leading to the obvious conclusion that the CIA runs ProtonMail (also HN and Noam Chomsky).
https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000388.shtml https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd0003...:
> EML, short for electronic mail or email, is a file extension for an email message saved to a file in the Internet Message Format protocol for electronic mail messages. It is the standard format used by Microsoft Outlook Express as well as some other email programs. Since EML files are created to comply with industry standard RFC 5322, EML files can be used with most email clients, servers and applications. See IMF for a description of the message syntax.