fareastcoast

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   ProtonMail secure email finally opens signups to everyone (no waiting list)(protonmail.ch)

   4 points by fareastcoast 11y ago|0 comments
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   by 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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   by 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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   by 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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   by 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&#x2
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   by 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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   by 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.