* Zooko Wilcox-OHearn <zo...@leastauthority.com> [2013-08-23 15:21 +0000]: > But before we get into the nuts and bolts of how to facilitate > verification of end-to-end security, I want to hammer on the first > issue: before going forth to try to improve an issue, we should first > admit to our current customers and to the public that the issue > exists. We shouldn't mislead our customers into thinking that they are > safe from something that they are not. Silent Circle's closure of > Silent Mail for the stated reason is inconsistent with its continued > operation of the Silent Text service. The stated reason was that the > US federal government could compel Silent Circle to backdoor the > Silent Mail service. That same reason applies today to the Silent Text > service and the other services that Silent Circle is still operating.
What if there was a secret court order for the services (excluding Silent Mail)? And the one requesting the secret court order learned from the Lavabit shutdown and so the secret court order required them to keep the services running? Nicolas _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
