[PLUG-TALK] Email services shut down rather than comply with spies

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 11:20:12AM -0700, Paul Mullen wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 10:43:16PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/08/09/e-mails-big-privacy-problem-qa-with-silent-circle-co-founder-phil-zimmermann/
> > http://tinyurl.com/k34ug2t
> 
> In the interview, Zimmerman is quoted:
> 
>   There is no way to do encrypted e-mail where the content is
>   protected... Almost any government has the ability to pressure a mail
>   provider in that country to hand over what it has.
> 
> What else am I missing?
 
email, unlike the other services mentioned, by its nature must be
cached/stored on some server.  The rest of the services only transit
the hosts platform.  Page 2 of the interview goes on to explain with
the other services they didn't have the encryption keys and thus could
not be forced to give them up. Presumably Zimmerman's concern was based
on the client email encryption keys they held.


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