For those who missed it: Hushmail is pwnd

[J.A. Terranson]

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 06:43:02AM -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> > Hushmail and DEA have an "MLAT" ("Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty")???
> > 
> > Wow.
> 
> Sweet syphillitic Jeebus!  I have *got* to stop glossing over the stuff 
> in comp.encryption.general.  I saw a bunch of items on this go by, but 
> didn't see the MLAT mentioned in the headlines.  (maybe RSS isn't all 
> that great?)
> 
> Note that the MLAT is actually between the US and Canada, and 

This is clearly something I missed - and the "MLAT" term was what set of 
my "Holy Shit" sensor. 

> according to 
> http://travel.state.gov/law/info/judicial/judicial_690.html, it's been 
> in effect since Jan. 24, 1990.  So while Hushmail is pwned, it's pwned 
> by Canada, which is in turn pwned by the US.  But then, a difference 
> which makes no difference isn't really a difference.  I'm just glad I 
> never used/trusted Hush.

I am shocked that Hush appears to have been in a position to have provided 
the requesting authority with actual *content* of a Hush user account: my 
prior belief was that this was non-possible.  The pwnage of this alone is 
staggering in scope if correct.  Anyone from Hush care to entertain us 
with an explanation of why this interpretation is incorrect?

--
Yours,
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin_at_mfn.org
0xBD4A95BF


What religion, please tell me, tells you as a follower of that religion to
occupy another country and kill its people? Please tell me. Does
Christianity tell its followers to do that? Judaism, for that matter?
Islam, for that matter? What prophet tells you to send 160,000 troops to
another country, kill men, women, and children? You just can't wear your
religion on your sleeve or just go to church. You should be truthfully
religious.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad