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ProtonMail secure email finally opens signups to everyone (no waiting list)
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fareastcoast
11y ago
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fareastcoast
11y ago
ProtonMail also isn't encrypting with a password, it's fully OpenPGP compliant using full length RSA keys. Also, how do we know Lavaboom is going to be around and stable? ProtonMail is financed by the Swiss government and develope
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fareastcoast
12y ago
I think the idea of ProtonMail is to serve the part of the population that mostly uses the browser. Obviously if you wanted to be super secure, there are more sophisticated methods out there, but they aren't exactly accessible to the n
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fareastcoast
12y ago
I don't really agree with this. Gmail is compromised by the NSA sending one email to Google.
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fareastcoast
12y ago
An attacker would have to (1) Gain access to the server in Switzerland (without the admins noticing) or (2) Break the SSL and execute a MITM attack. It seems ProtonMail actively scans the code on the backend for unauthorized changes. It
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fareastcoast
12y ago
The JS doesn't appear to be compressed so it's possible to view source and see what exactly it's doing. So if it was actually backdoored, somebody will actually find out.
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fareastcoast
12y ago
Well, selling out American millionaires is one thing, I have a feeling the Swiss would be less willing to sell out private communications to the NSA.