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I intend absolutely no offense here. I love seeing HN projects posted here. But... One of the major issues that has been raised recently is, essentially, trust
by thaumaturgy 13y ago
I intend absolutely no offense here. I love seeing HN projects posted here. But...
One of the major issues that has been raised recently is, essentially, trust. Especially in the market that you'd be targeting -- individuals that no longer trust various online services.
You can say that you will fight requests as much as possible under law, but how is that different from what Google, Facebook, and others claim to do?
The NYTimes just published an article claiming that Skype was backdoored by the NSA in cooperation with a small team of Skype developers, in secret, back in 2011. For the sort of people that are concerned by that sort of news, how are you going to convince them that you're different?
- B0Z 13y agoThis exchange may provide some insight... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5914546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5914546
- thaumaturgy 13y agoThanks. I was also alluding to the service being compromised in the future though. i.e., whether or not they've come up with something new, above and beyond the usual assurances.
- rdl 13y agoYeah, we're actually working on a couple of things which will largely solve the trust problem (which is a bigger thing than just VPN service); stay tuned. For now I'd like to think we're more trustworthy than a large/general purpose company because we have a lot less to lose in fighting (and much more to gain).