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3 of 5 comments so far mentioning that the name is a mistake. Allow me to make that 4 of 6. Come on guys, authoritarians are going to argue that this is just ab
by ajb 12y ago
3 of 5 comments so far mentioning that the name is a mistake. Allow me to make that 4 of 6. Come on guys, authoritarians are going to argue that this is just about defending criminals and terrorists, do you want to make that argument for them?
Call it 'Liberty mail' or something.
- motters 12y agoSadly, I completely agree with this. From a wider public relations perspective beyond the realm of hackerdom calling it "darkmail" hands an easy propaganda win to the authoritarians. Instead of dark scariness emphasise safety, security, protection, freedom, etc.
- 1337biz 12y agoLet me enhance the argument Joe Shmoe: "I recently read that dark net users are 90% pedophiles. So is this an email service for pedophiles only?"
- Havvy 12y agoWhy are people downvoting this? He's not making the argument, just explaining that people will put up this strawman.
- Havvy 12y agoLiberty Mail is an equally bad name. Don't conflate technology with freedom. Call it Electronic Messaging or something instead.
- higherpurpose 12y agoYes, something "boring" is the best way to go with something like this. I mean TLS is not called "Civil Liberties' Holy Grail", is it?
- bad_user 12y agoIsn't that bike shedding?
- jdipierro 12y agoNot necessarily. Bike shedding refers to arguing about trivial issues. Naming can have a huge impact on how something is perceived so I wouldn't call it trivial.
- bad_user 12y agoHow many regular users have ever heard of terms like IP, TCP or HTTP? Arguing about naming is the very definition of bike shedding and of course it is trivial.