‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, October 10th, 2021 at 7:17 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 09:32:55AM +0000, fxkl47BF wrote: > > > in a different mailing list it was implied that if a person uses protonmail > > they must be up to no good > > > > i've used protonmail for about 6 months now and been satisfied > > > > what am i missing > > Services like protonmail have an important role in allowing > > communication from, to, and between persons who are under threat of > > persecution for some reason or another. E.g., political dissidents, > > whistleblowers, journalists, religious workers in certain countries, > > etc. > > In general, the circumstances which would require one to use a tool like > > protonmail are not commonly observed in connection with a list like > > debian-user. Since the history of the Internet is one of openness and > > collaboration (especially when it comes to newsgroups, from which lists > > like debian-user derive a heritage), to appear in a collaborative space > > without any way for the other participants to identify you is viewed > > with suspicion. Whether that is a fair or unfair bias is debatable. > > There is also ample evidence that very often, those who appear in > > technical fora under a cloak of anonimity do so for the purpose of > > disrupting, attacking, and so on, without risk to their real reputation. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Roberto C. Sánchez i understand and respect what you are saying i also reject it we have no way of knowing you are roberto following what you say it would make people feel warm and fuzzy if i called myself george washinton it's just judging a book by it's cover what kind of person does that
