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Re:Edward Snowden’s Email Provider Shuts Down Amid Secret Co... by lvs on Thursday August 08, 2013 @05:51PM (#6182205)
All of these centralized services (such as the one you linked) are susceptible to the same strong-arm tactics if they're based in the US.
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Re:Edward Snowden’s Email Provider Shuts Down Amid Secret Co... by betterunix on Thursday August 08, 2013 @06:09PM (#6182303)
Nothing special about the USA. Hushmail is a Canadian company and they were strong-armed by the DEA.

Do not let some third party hold your keys, do not use some applet to decrypt your mail. This is public key encryption 101.

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