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[rysiek]

Dnia środa, 14 stycznia 2015 22:09:12 Cathal Garvey pisze:
>  > So it would be prudent to use pseudonyms, and to access via some mix
>  > of VPN(s), JonDonym and Tor (according to ones need for anonymity vs
>  > speed). And using devices with removable local storage, there would be
>  > no traces to be inspected by adversaries.
> 
> Well, I use my real name in most places and communicate a lot with
> real-world friends and family by email, su using Peerio is therefore a
> step up in security for me even if I continue to go by my usual name and
> use my usual IPs.
> 
> If you need hard anonymity, this is only a marginal gain over regular
> email because metadata (when, who, how, where) is a significant threat
> to anonymity. So yea, use a burner email when setting up a peerio
> account (no longer required after setup, probably a throwback to
> email-as-salt in miniLock plus contact discovery by known email
> address), then use through Tor (do research whether websockets are
> tor-safe?).
> 
>  > Cool. But still, how is peerio more secure spideroak, for example?
> 
> Spideroak appears to be more about file storage and sync, whereas Peerio
> seems to me to simply be a better approach to server:client email. It's
> down to the bone: message-passing with attachments, and a nice UI.
> 
> As a crypto-app, it's targeted at the mainstream, and people who
> interact with the mainstream. People on this list will have better, more
> secure ways of communicating, but Nadim (to his credit) excels at making
> crypto-apps that can appeal to normal users while adding a significant
> privacy. It's an easier sell from "us" to "them".

With server code closed, it doesn't make sense to me to "sell" it to anybody.

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