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Feb 8·edited Feb 8Liked by stavroula pabst

As an early user of Proton, and an even earlier reader of Wired, when it became evident years ago that both had been fully co-opted by the Dark Side of Acronym, all appreciation for their services plummeted. And Kit is absolutely on the mark: “Signal’s origins as a US government asset are a matter of extensive public record.” This became clear in the two years of 'negotiations' that were required to get Signal launched.

How unusually refreshing and timely to see a substack addressing this.

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Yes, in retrospect it's surprising to consider how unquestioningly many people used Signal in particular IMO (myself included)--- I think that people were just happy to jump at the opportunity for something actually "private"

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Feb 9·edited Feb 9Liked by stavroula pabst

Telegram in 'private mode' is probably better, not that many other than diplomatic and journalist circles -- and criminals, one supposes -- use that.

GPG continues to be the goto that will likely, on private networks anyhow, become popular once again. With Pidgin, it is easy enuf...

https://github.com/segler-alex/Pidgin-GPG

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Excellent post!

The only thing that is safe is a napkin, a pen, and a candle.

Come on people, the mafia caught on to this a long time ago.

In reality, ALL forms of communication can be/are surveilled. The NSA has had computers that can brute-force high-level encryption for 25+ years. The only question is, which email providers are they looking closely at?

If an email provider claims to support "right leaning" customers -- it's going to be the most closely watched, because right leaning persons are currently the biggest threat to the state.

If you use Micro$oft Outlook, or Google Mail, at least they have to do a few queries to look at your messages! 🤣😂

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I use Mailfence. Any intel on them?

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I would think that all email, regardless of paid for or not, is subject to gov. oversight. And that snail mail is as well, though it seems a bit more difficult for them to survail. Nothing is safe except for live discussions in wifi free areas. So it would seem our best option is to fill our emails with random and conflicting messages.

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They are based in Switzerland.

What did you expect.

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We stand with Protonmail- Defenders of Freedom!

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