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Re:Gmail is blocking emails with links to Tutanota by roenxi on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:15AM (#27783875)
If choosing between a German backdoor vs a likely US backdoor, the Germans are probably a better choice for non-Europeans worried about security.
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Re:Gmail is blocking emails with links to Tutanota by andrew_ on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:54AM (#27784309)
Why? Germany participates as an auxiliary collaborator of the Five Eyes [1] intelligence alliance.

[1] https://fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/R45720.pdf

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Re:Gmail is blocking emails with links to Tutanota by uncoder0 on Friday July 09, 2021 @12:16PM (#27785274)
If the Five Eyes countries and their intelligence services are in your threat model you've likely already lost.
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Re:Gmail is blocking emails with links to Tutanota by TimTheTinker on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:35AM (#27784081)
Are you saying ProtonMail has a US back door?
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Re:Gmail is blocking emails with links to Tutanota by roenxi on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:43AM (#27784178)
ProtonMail is nominally based in Switzerland, so I would assume that any backdoor in their software is controlled by the Swiss.

Although I see their CTO is based in the US so it is certainly possible.

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Re:Gmail is blocking emails with links to Tutanota by BelenusMordred on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:51AM (#27784279)
Probably a poignant time to point out that CryptoAG was based in Switzerland for half a century and highly trusted around the world yet controlled by the CIA the whole time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG

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