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9 Dec 2020, 02:06 PM | #1 |
The "e" in e-mail
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German court forces mail provider Tutanota to insert a backdoor
https://translate.google.com/transla...n-4972460.html
Tuta is no longer "privacy first" email provider. They are forced by a court to create monitoring tool for one of their mailbox. This lead to a precedence that all mailboxes can be monitored with them. Time to move on. |
9 Dec 2020, 06:28 PM | #2 |
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And they are preparing to appeal. This is Tutanota's statement on Reddit:
"Tutanota is one of the few mail providers that encrypts the entire mailbox. The encrypted data can't be decrypted by us as only the user holds the key for decryption. This ruling requires Tutanota to hand out newly incoming and outgoing non-encrypted emails of one suspected criminal before these are being encrypted. The ruling does not affect any other mail account. It also does not affect already encrypted data or emails that are sent with end-to-end encryption. Only the user has access to the key so we are not able to decrypt any data. This ruling again shows why end-to-end encryption is important. Any email sent without end-to-end encryption must be considered as not confidential and we always explain this to our users. Edit: While we have to comply with court orders, we go to great lengths to fight for our users' privacy. That's why we will file an appeal against the decision. Furthermore, we are currently preparing an appeal to the BGH in a similar case in order to obtain a decision from the highest court." https://www.reddit.com/r/tutanota/co...eb2x&context=3 |
10 Dec 2020, 04:27 PM | #3 |
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The place to encrypt is the email client. That's been widely available for more than 20 years.
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11 Dec 2020, 09:39 AM | #4 |
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Location: USA
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The thing I don't understand is why any email provider can be trusted to not be reading your emails or sharing them with law enforcement. Other than their word, what guarantee do any of us have with any provider? Frankly, I bet some employees have extensive access at some of the smaller providers, so we just have to trust they will do nothing nefarious with our email.
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12 Dec 2020, 07:11 AM | #5 |
The "e" in e-mail
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Master of the @
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12 Dec 2020, 08:49 PM | #7 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Netherlands
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Nevertheless I support Tutanota with a their fight for more privacy with a paid account. They come across to me as a team with good intentions (Hanna, 00:14:59).
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