Re:Tutanota: GPLv3-licensed, end-to-end encrypted email
by MatthiasPfau on Friday December 05, 2014 @05:08AM
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Thanks for your feedback! Hosting directly from github might be a good idea for the ones that regard github as a trusted third party. However, github would gain the possibility to manipulate the code to gain access to your accounts...
We plan to create an API and already started brainstorming on it: https://github.com/intermail/api/wiki
Regarding trusting the CA systems: We use DANE to secure your connection to our servers.
In all a), b) and c) users are also trusting the transport layer, which in general means trusting the CA systems -- which of course means that the whole thing is moot -- the system is hopelessly insecure.
At least with a) you can host the client inside the firewall/security boundary -- and so a) can be as secure as any other solution.
It'd still be a lot more interesting if you at least published an API, so that other's could implement and run their own server (network) -- and not need to rely on a single company for access to their data.