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Re:The new ProtonMail has passed its independent security audit by sandworm101 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @11:15AM (#27873609)
Lavabit. Iirc they were asked to compromise thier own server as part of the snowden investigation. Instead they closed up shop. I lost a couple email addresses with the, but was glad to do so rather than explain to legal clients how thier data was on an fbi-controlled sever. Sometimes the only way to win is not to play.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lavabit-founder-fought-9-mo...

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Re:The new ProtonMail has passed its independent security audit by forkerenok on Sunday July 18, 2021 @11:27AM (#27873699)
With your nickname the comment makes for an eerie read :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandworm_(hacker_group)

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Re:The new ProtonMail has passed its independent security audit by sandworm101 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @11:31AM (#27873724)
It is also one of the oldest concepts in scifi. I never met a hacker who wasnt also some sort of scifi fan. The people picking hacker groups names all read Hebert long ago. If you are old enough to have used lavabit, you probably know about sandworms.
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Re:The new ProtonMail has passed its independent security audit by beermonster on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:34PM (#27875891)
I read it and thought of Dune.
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Re:The new ProtonMail has passed its independent security audit by beermonster on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:35PM (#27875910)
Didn’t they famously print out their RSA private key on paper when forced to hand it over?

Use PFS..

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