Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by greenyoda on Saturday September 05, 2015 @01:42PM
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Not sure why these people are spending so much money to develop their own hardware (40% of total cost) when this software (mail server, PGP) can be run on many cheap, off-the-shelf systems, like Raspberry Pi.
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Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by ycomb6234 on Sunday September 06, 2015 @01:11PM
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Mainly because it cannot be trusted enough for this kind of application.
It is not Open Hardware. The processor used is very closed, even the data-sheet is not accessible to the public. (It's very problematic for a device like Own-Mailbox very sensitive regarding politic.)
The Raspberry Pi is provided with non-free software and the hardware needs non-free driver to work. (Also problematic.)
Raspberry Pi is bigger and less energy efficient.
On top of that, we don't use it for prices reasons, people have already tried to sell all-in-the-box devices based on Raspberry Pi and the end up being expensive.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1547898916/own-mailbox-...
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by megapatch on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @01:17PM
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I guess Raspberry Pi would be actually more expensive than this. Also, I think not having to set up this tech stack myself alone is worth more than 30 Euro...