On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 08:05:44PM -0300, hellekin wrote: > *** I say it's blackmail for a government (agency) to force a company > into betraying their customers.
Well, I'm afraid that's what the German and other governments are capable to actually do in reaction to the NSA so they don't have a disadvantage. That's why any strategy that depends on a company not to betray its users (which from a business model unfortunately always makes sense) is calling for trouble. > likely, a lot of people will keep dancing in the ball room until the > ship wrecks. Yes, but they will do so on Facebook, so they're out of our reach anyway. While concerning e-mail.. well.. bootstrapping PGP is more work and less effective than bootstrapping Pond for example. Btw, I updated Best Practice recommendations on http://secushare.org/comparison from my best understanding and knowledge of the situation. There are Tor-based or otherwise advanced ways to solve many use cases here today, so there is no reason to spend time with federation or silo tools...
