Re: Harvard and MIT Students Launch ‘NSA-Proof’ Email Service | Betabeat

[loki@obscura.com (Lance Cottrell)]

Just read the â??Threat Modelâ?? section of the website. They are working to prevent mass surveillance, not to stop targeted nation state level attacks against individual users.

	-Lance

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Lance Cottrell
loki@obscura.com



On May 19, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Ð?лекÑ?андÑ? <afalex169@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://betabeat.com/2014/05/harvard-and-mit-students-launch-nsa-proof-email-service/
> 
> well, it
> seems too good to be truth.
> Recently we"ve got a lot of projects like that.
> 
> Yes, there are enthusiasts.
> A real good ones.
> But we should also ask ourselves,
> (except what tpb-crypto mentiond), who these guys are? Could they be a project of... the NSA itself?
> Yes.
> 
> I read their security section. The first thing in my mind (i am not tooooo paranoid:)) is that it is too good. It is absolutely free WITHOUT any mention of donations.
> Not even a mention.
> Who supports them? Can we trust him/it?
> Are they millionaires:)?
> We see not even one word about the money.
> Second of all, when you read their
> security section, its like a honey for bees - it invites you. Its ideal. Too much ideal.
> So yes, i rely on my feelings too, and there is something wrong with that.
> 
> These guys are from Germany:
> https://lavaboom.com/en/beta.html
> It seems to me a better choice (except the problem of the fact that Germany has got its nsa=bnd and that they give everything to nsa)
> 
> In the end, we need to trust someone. But we dont read their minds:). And it could be, after all, a big fall.
> 
> We"ve got pgp. Thanks God.
> But a 100% reliable and bulletproof email provider?
> No.

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