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It's #GlobalEncryptionDay!

Time to remind everyone that a backdoor "for the good guys only" is simply not possible.

By demanding encryption backdoors, politicians are not asking us to choose between security and privacy. They are asking us to choose no security. ๐Ÿ‘‡

tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-โ€ฆ

Stuart Carlson's cartoon is not that recent, but unfortunately remains important. It succinctly summarizes what's at stake when backdoors are built into encryption. Then a shadowy gang immediately stands ready to take advantage of it, from the so-called "good guys" (if we are to believe that) to no doubt a range of people with anything but good intentions as well like malicious attackers, repressive regimes etc.
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Vincent Wanders Aimlessly
Vincent Wanders Aimlessly
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nobody can keep a secret anymore. The whole world knows George Costanza ATM pin number.
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culpaplex
culpaplex
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Call me pedantic but this symbolically states that only Apple and FBI will be able to use that back door.
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hybridized
hybridized
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Yes, thank you for sharing this! I rely on your email service and greatly appreciate your privacy and security.
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Tuta
Tuta
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@grinnerface Definitely, thanks for sharing. We did not have the original, will use this one from now on!
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Alexandre Morin
Alexandre Morin
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โ€œItโ€™s not that I have anything to hide. Itโ€™s just that I dont trust your intentions/opsec with my dataโ€
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Wander ฮ˜ฮ”
Wander ฮ˜ฮ”
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you simply can't but controlled selective access into math. It's as simple as that.
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Andrew Woods
Andrew Woods
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@shawnhooper People believe they are the hero of their own story. So they believe they can solve problems, if only they had access to the data. However, this kind of power is easy to abuse. Instead people need to consider โ€œwhat if my enemy had this power over me?โ€ Would they still believe itโ€™s a good idea? i think not. This applies equally well to software as well as the law. The best thing we could do to protect everyone is build strong encryption into everything
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Dan W
Dan W
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I am pretty sure that Rupe, Zuck and Elon are the โ€œEtc.โ€
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Mattias Eriksson ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿšตโ€โ™‚๏ธ
Mattias Eriksson ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿšตโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Why no make everyone hand in a copy of the house keys to the Police, so they can search every house at any time they like for things like drugs and guns. I bet that would be even more effective than getting access to chats.
And since they keys would be held by the good guys, there are not any risks involved, they might even be required to be quiet if they are searching your house when you are asleep.
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Charlie the Anti-Fascist Dog
Charlie the Anti-Fascist Dog
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here's how people should approach this issue. it's like when we had to use pay phones that we knew the government could listen to whenever they want to, we were smart about it.

assume none of your devices are secure and act accordingly.

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Scott ๐Ÿด
Scott ๐Ÿด
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This cartoon is clever, but it presumes the FBI isn't also the hackers (for example FBI agents using surveillance tools to check out prospective dates, family, etc.) and the repressive regime
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Syfer ๐Ÿ”’โšก Shock
Syfer ๐Ÿ”’โšก Shock
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Does the Tuta paid tier have pop3 / smtp access? I prefer using pgp instead of e2e apps, and I need to receive some unencrypted mails via Thunderbird.
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Tuta
Tuta
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@crypto No, sorry. In Tutanota all data is encrypted. We could not promise this if we allowed people to get it to Thunderbird - where it might not be encrypted (depending on your level of knowledge).
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Tuta
Tuta
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@critical Correct ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Tuta
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@Neurostroke Sorry to hear that. This FAQ will help: tuta.com/support/#inactive-accโ€ฆ

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Quidam_habituel
Quidam_habituel
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Tuta is far ahead of the rest : once you've adopted it, you'll never go back !
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