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9 Mar 2019, 06:51 AM | #61 |
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9 Mar 2019, 06:56 AM | #62 |
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When he started up his social network in college, he called its users "dumb f*ckers" for trusting him with their data. I can't help but think he still feels that way..
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9 Mar 2019, 07:09 AM | #63 | |
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9 Mar 2019, 10:27 AM | #64 | |
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Selective encryption of messages is available using things like PGP, but getting correspondents to use it, and arranging key exchange is a major challenge. |
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27 Mar 2019, 04:07 PM | #65 | |
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Tech companies not 'comfortable' storing data in Australia
Microsoft and Fastmail on the impact of the Australian government’s encryption bill
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27 Mar 2019, 07:23 PM | #66 |
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I imagine in the worst case scenario Fastmail could move operations to Philadelphia in the USA, which is where POBox.com, their affiliate, is headquartered. I believe their servers are already located in the USA. I suspect a good share of their business is from the USA. One thing I am not clear on is exactly what this law means for email service providers like Fastmail since they keep claiming it doesn't impact them. But, doesn't the law mean the government could compel any technology company, including FM, to build a "backdoor" if the government wanted it to? I realize that FM isn't end-to-end encrypted, but still it would seem that there is a possibility that backdoors could be required and that would be bad for everyone's security. On the other hand, will this law prevent companies like ProtonMail from doing business in Australia, even though they are based in Switzerland? By the way, since this law is already in force I wonder what companies and services have already been compelled to provide information?
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13 Sep 2019, 10:39 AM | #68 |
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Just out of curiosity How exactly would you implement self-managed encryption in Fastmail? Is that even possible?
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13 Sep 2019, 06:26 PM | #69 | |
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The decrypt script would take no arguments. It would attempt to decrypt the contents of the clipboard using your private key and show the result. in a window. For more sophistication, you can create a process that will scan your mailbox and automatically create unencrypted copies of all received emails in a secure location. (Unless you have copies of your correspondents' private keys, if you want plain text copies of what you send, these must be saved prior to encryption.) Also theoretically possible is to completely automate the encryption of outgoing emails by intercepting the Send (easiest if using a local client with SMTP) to encrypt the message if a public key for the recipient is found, before allowing the transmission to proceed. Besides general inconvenience, there are a number of practical issues. Mechanisms are needed to similarly encrypt and decrypt attachments. Searching emails becomes extremely tricky, only being possible on the client, and only if unencrypted copes exist. When sending to multiple recipients, the email must be separately encrypted for each of them (assuming you are not using the same keys for each which is much less secure). Much of the functionality I describe is available in existing tools, but generally requires the use of desktop mail clients (so IMAP/SMTP calls can be intercepted) to be used to best effect. Note that, while message content can be secured, your email activity, notably the identification of your correspondents, is not hidden and cannot be if using FastMail.. Last edited by BritTim : 13 Sep 2019 at 06:31 PM. |
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13 Sep 2019, 07:59 PM | #70 |
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tl:dr it's impractical with fastmail.
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14 Sep 2019, 04:14 PM | #71 |
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It's getting very silent concerning Fastmail and the AABill...
What are your thoughts? Are you still using Fastmail (which is one of the best mail-services)? |
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14 Sep 2019, 10:47 PM | #73 |
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