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Webmail and Open Source
- tuneladora 12y agoFYI, https://mail.whiteout.io/ https://mail.whiteout.io/ is returning a 503 error at the moment.
- lemcoe9 12y agoI generally stay away from companies that advertise their jobs using titles like "JavaScript Junkie," "CSS Craftsman," "UI/UX Ubermensch," "Crypto Crack," and "DevOps Demigod." Really?
- lucaspiller 12y agoIf they use that language for their job listings I'd assume their company culture has a similar "bro" feel to it. It works both ways, you can take it as a warning that you won't like it and only "bro" people will apply :-) Edit: Just to be clear, I also agree it's a bit over the top.
- _asciiker_ 12y ago"Whiteout Mail is the first email solution with end-to-end encryption based on open standards" - Is this different than using something like Roundcube over HTTPS ?
- ushi 12y agoRoundcube isn't shipped with PGP support. Their are some plugins though... See: http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Dev_Encryption http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Dev_Encryption
- quadrangle 12y agoI didn't look into this in detail, but I think the best system is on its way independently via https://www.mailpile.is/ https://www.mailpile.is/
- codexon 12y agoIs it just me or is the mailpile demo very slow?
- JetSpiegel 12y ago> The cool thing is that the IMAP/SMTP logic is still implemented completely in js on the client. What's the point then? Why not just use Thunderbird/K9Mail/dunno what's the Apple equivalent?
- dugmartin 12y agoThese same folks have also put a pretty nice set of open source mail libraries here: http://emailjs.org/ http://emailjs.org/
- mcav 12y agoWe're using their EmailJS libraries for Firefox OS, and they've worked quite well so far.
- mike-cardwell 12y agoAny chance for PGP support on Firefox OS's email client? That's the only thing stopping me moving from Android atm.
- x1798DE 12y agoI'm a little disturbed by the thing about inbound e-mails being encrypted. That's a "won't read your mail" not a "can't read your mail" solution. If I'm counting on you to encrypt it before it reaches me, I'm basically counting on you not to read it anyway, so it's just an inconvenience to me to have to decrypt the PGP key. Such worthless solutions shouldn't be offered.
- TheDong 12y agoIt is not worthless. It might be misadvertised, but there is value in encrypting data at rest even if it's not encrypted in transit. The main benefit, of course, is forward secrecy. If the government would like to read ed's email and he's using this technology, they can tap the wire or demand the mail host save an unencrypted copy. However, the government cannot read ed's past emails because they're encrypted. Without this, anyone who compromises the server or takes out a warrant can get all past and future emails, not only all future emails. If you want a better solution, simply have everyone who emails you gpg encrypt their messages. If your contacts aren't encrypting your messages there's little an email provider can do other than receive plaintext messages and, in rare cases like this one, encrypt them at rest.
- mike-cardwell 12y agoAlso, if somebody manages to get access to your email client, they can't just issue email based password resets to get access to all of your other accounts, because they wont be able to read the confirmation emails without your PGP key.
- x1798DE 12y agoI'm not really sure what attack you are envisioning here. If they have access to your e-mail client, they should be able to just lift your account credentials, allowing them to add a new PGP key to the key ring, then issue all the password resets and, if you want, change the PGP key back.
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- comex 12y agoPretty weird that their homepage shows a screenshot of an iPad (only), while the Product page indicates that iOS isn't actually supported yet.
- dmix 12y agoI have a feeling you're just disappointed you can't poke into the code yet? :p
- clarkston 12y agoSo, far the only complete solution to email privacy is Starkit (http://www.starkitsystems.com http://www.starkitsystems.com). It is a plug'n'play email and cloud storage software appliance that installs in minutes. Requires zero maintenance and you have email data encrypted at rest and in transit. You own it and control it.
- junto 12y agoMaybe it is the mobile website, but I can't find pricing or source code. Is it free / open source?
- clarkston 12y agoStarkit pricing will be released on 1st of November or earlier. Starkit is a downloadable iso that you install on any machine. Just to get an idea, pricing for home users and small businesses starts from 299 euro for perpetual license.
- clarkston 12y agoIf a user wants to have privacy owning his own mail and cloud storage system then the only single plug-n-play solution available worldwide now is Starkit. Alternatively a user will have to use various open source or commercial software packages (i.e. operating system, mail server, anti-spam, anti-virus, cloud storage, archiving, encryption) and try to make them work together. It is obvious that an alternative approach needs highly skilled technicians, lots of time, requires high maintenance (time and money) and the results are uncertain. Not only this, a custom made solution will still be missing some features found only on Starkit such as the unique ultrafast webmail interface designed for productivity, remote appliance unlocking, unified user management and automatic upgrades.
- JetSpiegel 12y agoHow can this blatant advertising get so many upvotes?
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- hippich 12y agoFor people interested in this - make sure to checkout out https://github.com/al3x/sovereign https://github.com/al3x/sovereign I find it extremely easy to use. And it should be quite secure.
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