Re: [Trisquel-users] What's wrong with OpenMailBox?

[strypey]

All this talk about hiding your email from the spooks misses the point. The  
most important reason to use a libre host for email (or any other  
server-based system) is the same as the reason for using a libre OS - to  
support and encourage increased use of free code software, and reduce  
dependencies on proprietary software wherever possible. Reducing the attack  
surface available to entities wanting to spy on or mess with you is just a  
bonus.

Given everything we've learned about the masses of surveillance machinery  
that has been built to monitor the internet, at this point any non-specialist  
using the internet to communicate about illegal stuff might as well print out  
a copy and post it to their local police station. That said, one good reason  
for learning about the various vulnerabilities, and how to mitigate them  
where possible, is to be part of building and testing the various moving  
parts that might one day add up to an internet where reliably private  
communication is possible.