Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email

Re:Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email by ViViDboarder on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:42PM (#22049046)

I disagree. I believe that it’s more common for “private” to mean “between you and the company”. Eg. Private accounts on other services, or private information associated with your account.

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Re:Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email by mirimir on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:49PM (#22049583)

You certainly have a point about "private". As you say, with a service provider. Or with family, friends and associates.

But none of that is relevant for "private diary". There, it's privacy between you and your diary.

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Re:Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email by ViViDboarder on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:26PM (#22070196)

Plenty of people had “private” LiveJournal accounts back in the day with no expectation that it was a zero-knowledge system. Just that they weren’t sharing it. I may not be a good indication of “most people”, but I just don’t think that most people think of privacy in the way that we (folks who know details of encryption and metadata leaks) do.

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Re:Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email by mirimir on Friday January 17, 2020 @03:11PM (#22078694)

Fair enough.

But that's the problem, isn't it? I mean, many people do (sort of magically) think that their online stuff is private. And then they get pwned in one way or another.

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