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No it isn't. The email passes through the server unencrypted (between Postfix and Dovecot), so it's still a potential tap point. In fact, running encryption to
by richardwhiuk 13y ago
No it isn't. The email passes through the server unencrypted (between Postfix and Dovecot), so it's still a potential tap point. In fact, running encryption to the server simply says to the NSA: Ask Linode for access to this disk.
- varikin 13y agoHe used an encrypted FS I believe, but the NSA could just ask to monitor all mail to and from his instance at Linode (or any ISP) since he didn't encrypt the mail.
- cenhyperion 13y agoAnd they probably have most of the mail anyways because odds are he's mostly communicating with people using google, yahoo, microsoft, etc.