Re:TELL HN: Release user friendly, encrypted communication a...
by FrojoS on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @05:07PM
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> I'd be interested to know how large the market for that actually is.
Sure, I don't know. But I bet its bigger than ever. For instance the very popular (rank 2), mainstream German online new page SPON has a DIY Tor router article on the front page today
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&pre...
(How about selling those in a way that they work out-of-the-box with a nice housing?)
If someone really wanted to find out, a little marketing study (questionnaire) might be quite revealing. E.g. "Would you pay $100 a year for /a encrypted eMail service/?"
Its true, that you can easily get into a catch-22 with the requirements of security (e.g. open source). But I'm sure the current state could be improved by someone clever. If it was trivial, there would be no startup opportunity.
Sure, I don't know. But I bet its bigger than ever. For instance the very popular (rank 2), mainstream German online new page SPON has a DIY Tor router article on the front page today http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&pre... (How about selling those in a way that they work out-of-the-box with a nice housing?)
If someone really wanted to find out, a little marketing study (questionnaire) might be quite revealing. E.g. "Would you pay $100 a year for /a encrypted eMail service/?"
Its true, that you can easily get into a catch-22 with the requirements of security (e.g. open source). But I'm sure the current state could be improved by someone clever. If it was trivial, there would be no startup opportunity.