Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days
by Fnoord on Monday January 02, 2017 @09:53AM
(#13301402)
> You could have a hardened gateway server with read-only storage and that only temporarily stores messages in memory.
Yeah, well, who is your adversary?
I assume NSA and GCHQ by default just log all SMTP traffic. Especially the ones to services like these.
If your adversary is someone sniffing your unencrypted WiFi connection, they'll have your unencrypted e-mail like this one as well.
If your adversary is network and sysadmins who run your SMTP server then all bets are off. I think the danger lies, just like within Tor, that there's a mole in such a team who does harm while being undetected.
If you're protecting against the local authorities ensuring to get a remote, secure connection with a country who isn't playing along with your local authorities is key. Which is why Putin wants Russians to use local services.
Yeah, well, who is your adversary?
I assume NSA and GCHQ by default just log all SMTP traffic. Especially the ones to services like these.
If your adversary is someone sniffing your unencrypted WiFi connection, they'll have your unencrypted e-mail like this one as well.
If your adversary is network and sysadmins who run your SMTP server then all bets are off. I think the danger lies, just like within Tor, that there's a mole in such a team who does harm while being undetected.
If you're protecting against the local authorities ensuring to get a remote, secure connection with a country who isn't playing along with your local authorities is key. Which is why Putin wants Russians to use local services.