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

[Lance Cottrell]

It looks like they would be in a position to do so if they wanted.

	-Lance

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Lance Cottrell
loki at obscura.com



On May 20, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 May 2014 06:49:26 -0700
> Lance Cottrell <loki at obscura.com> wrote:
> 
>> Just read the “Threat Model” section of the website. They are working
>> to prevent mass surveillance, 
> 
> 
> 
> 	Really? But they are going to collect 'metadata' about all
> 	their users, no? 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> not to stop targeted nation state level
>> attacks against individual users.
>> 
>> 	-Lance
>> 
>> --
>> Lance Cottrell
>> loki at obscura.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On May 19, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Александр <afalex169 at 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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