Dnia środa, 14 stycznia 2015 22:09:12 Cathal Garvey pisze: > > So it would be prudent to use pseudonyms, and to access via some mix > > of VPN(s), JonDonym and Tor (according to ones need for anonymity vs > > speed). And using devices with removable local storage, there would be > > no traces to be inspected by adversaries. > > Well, I use my real name in most places and communicate a lot with > real-world friends and family by email, su using Peerio is therefore a > step up in security for me even if I continue to go by my usual name and > use my usual IPs. > > If you need hard anonymity, this is only a marginal gain over regular > email because metadata (when, who, how, where) is a significant threat > to anonymity. So yea, use a burner email when setting up a peerio > account (no longer required after setup, probably a throwback to > email-as-salt in miniLock plus contact discovery by known email > address), then use through Tor (do research whether websockets are > tor-safe?). > > > Cool. But still, how is peerio more secure spideroak, for example? > > Spideroak appears to be more about file storage and sync, whereas Peerio > seems to me to simply be a better approach to server:client email. It's > down to the bone: message-passing with attachments, and a nice UI. > > As a crypto-app, it's targeted at the mainstream, and people who > interact with the mainstream. People on this list will have better, more > secure ways of communicating, but Nadim (to his credit) excels at making > crypto-apps that can appeal to normal users while adding a significant > privacy. It's an easier sell from "us" to "them".
With server code closed, it doesn't make sense to me to "sell" it to anybody. -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147
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