[Novalug] Fwd: Re: [OT] topic for discussion , NSA snooping, linux, protonmail

jerry w jerrywone@gmail.com
Wed Nov 26 02:01:52 EST 2014


And now, reply all...

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From: "jerry w" <jerrywone@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 26, 2014 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Novalug] [OT] topic for discussion , NSA snooping, linux,
protonmail
To: "greg pryzby" <greg@pryzby.org>
Cc:

Unless working for a foreign guberment [and they would provide better ? ]
or 'sick', what other option is there?

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On Nov 25, 2014 9:38 PM, "greg pryzby via Novalug" <novalug@firemountain.net>
wrote:

> I don't know about protonmail but I  skeptical. GPG is probably the only
> thing I would trust if I encrypted w their pub key and they encrypted with
> mine. This is great for friends but not public lists or people who don't
> know how to spell GPG.
>
> Let them collect and sift through my crap. <redacted political statement>
>
> greg pryzby
> mobile response
> On Nov 25, 2014 7:06 PM, "Bonnie Dalzell via Novalug" <
> novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > One of my friends is very concerned about NSA and other institutions
> > listening in on his emails so he has decided to use Protonmail which
> > promotes itself as NSA proof.
> >
> > I understand that you access your Protonmail account via a web browser
> > which seems to me to be in itself a possible security vulnerability.
> >
> > Anyone have any comments on Protonmail and relative security of browser
> > access vs e-mail program such as pine/alpien access?
> >
> > Anyone have any comments on relative security to NSA spying for linux vs
> > windows (a link to best articles is fine).
> >
> > Personally I was in school in UC Berkeley in the 1960's when all of us
> > assumed our phones were tapped anyway by the FBI, so I have never
> > particularly worried about the government spying on me, why not waste
> their
> > time?
> >
> >
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