Re: Lavabit's Ladar Levison: 'If You Knew What I Know About Email, You Might Not Use It'

On 8/10/13 6:05 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> Phil Zimmermann, the inventor of popular email encryption service 
> Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and co-founder of Silent Circle, told us 
> even he was using e-mail less and less, and relying more heavily on 
> mobile messaging services in the quest for privacy. He also explained 
> the gnawing problem of Silent Circle’s e-mail service and why the 
> company was now planning to put servers in Switzerland. Read the full 
> Q&A with Zimmermann below
>
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/08/09/e-mails-big-privacy-problem-qa-with-silent-circle-co-founder-phil-zimmermann/
>

The issue here is Web 2.0 and SaaS deployment-style online Email hosted 
by a 3rd party. Not sane (conventional) S/MIME compliant Email that runs 
on your own machine [1], controlled by you.
>
>
> On 10 August 2013 14:50, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com 
> <mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Another good reason for the inclusion of HTTP URIs in an overall
>     login strategy
>
>     http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/08/09/lavabits-ladar-levison-if-you-knew-what-i-know-about-email-you-might-not-use-it/
>
>


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