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Re:More Encryption, More Notifications, More Email Security by toyg on Friday March 25, 2016 @08:20PM (#11363749)
What about replacing the newsgroup with a blockchain? <ducks>

(before anyone takes me seriously: this was a joke. Messaging must be ephemeral, anything else won't scale.)

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Re:More Encryption, More Notifications, More Email Security by falcolas on Friday March 25, 2016 @11:00PM (#11364246)
Not to mention that blockchain entries (at least for bitcoin) are anonymous but unique to each user. This adds metadata, and could allow an adversary to unravel your connections.
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