I asked and then went on reading about it... Should've done the other way around This actually sounds very good, love client-side encryption. I hate the idea that my private communications can be viewed at any time. What was that movie... "Enemy of the state" with Will Smith! When his guide was telling about 20 acres of computers monitoring 100 key words, "and that was 20 years ago". I'm sure the big brothers can climb into my comms no matter what I do, but that doesn't mean I should make it easy for them. So, I really like this. Do you know what's their $$ structure?
If I understand correctly, donations. I may be wrong but I remember reading this was a side project for these people simply because they hated the idea of nation state spying. As a PS, Switzerland is very friendly for privacy related Internet conduct (malicious and not). I highly suggest using a VPN, especially when using public WIFI, and if you have the option, route through Switzerland when doing so. I use Private Internet Access to do just that. Also, by doing so you'll almost certainly end up on an NSA watchlist. In their eyes, exercising privacy when using networking technology is synonymous with criminal activity, even if you're doing it to hide your love of cute cat videos. Just a heads up. Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk
I guess we all have email addresses that haven't been checked in years, I wonder how much spam is sitting in an old yahoo account right now? When leaving comments in various news articles throughout the years, I always used some old anonymous email address at Budweiser.com they used to let you sign up for for free. Just in case I PO'ed the wrong hacker. I have never bothered to check it for actual emails.
There's no security on the web. None. It doesn't matter what you think you're using to encrypt or proxy or tunnel. Somebody can compromise you in some way and if what you are doing is profitable for them the odds are somebody has. Don't get caught in the trap of believing that there are safe ways to use the internet at this point. Once the NSA began intercepting web traffic that went through US (and probably also foreign) servers safety and anonymity on the web was a thing of the past. There are many actors that want your data for various reasons but once the US government became one of them it was all over but the crying for privacy and safe freedom of expression. Thought will be next. They're working on the technology now.
It's all context. You're right, in the context of state level actors. However, maybe RuJfan isn't hiding from state actors, but rather the bored nerd at Starbucks who wants to capture his password to this forum and then attempt to apply it to other commonly used websites. At a minimum this person can login to his account here, find out his registered email address, and then try to login to that email using the same password. Won't work on everyone, but it will work on many. Security is a practice well worth it. You can't keep everyone out, but you certainly can keep the riff raff out. Never spend more on security than an asset is worth. If you're using encrypted email to protect financial information that could harm you, it's completely worth it. If you're trying to protect grandma's secret hot dog recipe, then the layers of security might be overkill. Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk
You're hitting it right on, man. I hate the idea, but kind of resigned to the fact that if US (or Russian, or Chinese) gov'ts want a closer look up my virtual ass, there is pretty much nothing I can do about it. But I'll gladly fish over a small $ amount to stop some pimpled 15 yo from using my credit card to buy the newest video game.
Ok, I gotta ask... Why would you ever adapt such name? Not that there is anything wrong with loving animals, of course.
