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Admitting publicly that they've lost customer mail, when they don't really have to, seems pretty honourable. The fact that their mail servers are encrypted is a
by nly 13y ago
Admitting publicly that they've lost customer mail, when they don't really have to, seems pretty honourable. The fact that their mail servers are encrypted is also mildly interesting, although I don't see how it offers anything in terms of real protection for customer privacy.
- gommm 13y agoIt could offer some protection in case the servers are seized which is important since their servers are stored in the US.
- nly 13y agoThe authorities are unlikely to just seize the servers of such a notable business without warning. Even if they were to do so though, Lavabit and Levison have shown us that US mail providers can be compelled to cough up keys... and the nature of full disk encryption means doing so will inevitably enable access to bystanding client mail. It's understandable why FDE is used, and it's still slightly better than nothing, but per-mailbox encryption would allow for more selective disclosure in such extraordinary circumstances.
- danieldk 13y agoAnd reportedly their first mail they lost since 2011 [1]. Pretty impressive for a company that probably hosts 100.000s of (heavy) users, if you ask me. [1] http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showpost.php?p=568675&postcount=9 http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showpost.php?p=568675&postco...
- pgeorgi 13y agoIt simplifies things when you throw away old disks