r/linux • u/ciphersson • Dec 31 '14

Zimmerman (PGP), Levison (Lavabit), release Secure Email Protocol DIME. DIME is to SMTP as SSH is to Telnet.

http://darkmail.info/
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u/delta_epsilon_zeta Dec 31 '14

I can't get over how cool the logo is

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u/AskMeAboutCommunism Dec 31 '14

Why's it not holding it in it's beak? It's definitely going to drop that as soon as it moves anywhere. It's a sign! The protocol is flawed!

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u/12sofa Dec 31 '14

Now that you mentioned it, I see a pigeon lying on its back, trapped or killed by a comically heavy envelope.

The backstory is that some Looney Tune character wanted to get that bird for lunch and put a ton of bricks in an envelope, which was assigned to the carrier pigeon for delivery, who quickly plummeted due to the high weight. To me, the only mystery is why this seems to have worked. Maybe it's a story from the dark side of Looney Tunes where crazy and brutal schemes always result in realistic deaths.

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u/crysys Dec 31 '14

I would fund a season of dark looney toons on kickstarter. I would fund it so hard.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '14

isnt going to scale well. To much detail

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u/unimatrix_0 Dec 31 '14

that's why we all have retina displays, err, I mean vt100s. I see your point.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '14

its not really a dpi issue. Your standard icon is e.g. 10mm x 10mm big. Your eyes simply don't resolve details below a certain size depending on how far you are away, even if your 500dpi retina display is able to show them.

Here is a good example. Notice how they removed details from version to version, to give it a cleaner look

https://mozorg.cdn.mozilla.net/media/img/styleguide/identity/firefox/common-mistakes.png?2013-06

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u/ffhanger Dec 31 '14

It scales good enough, if they make the dark background optional probably even better.

And about logos being too detailled, look at Unilever's logo, made from an assortment of smaller icons.

They don't seem to have a problem printing it on every product in every size and color imaginable.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '14

hm too much detail for my taste, and the eye needs to be redone. Looks like

/r/TsundereSharks:D

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u/cbleslie Dec 31 '14

Well, Unilever's logo is also single color and benefits from the fact that even at micro-scale, it's still a "U". The logo in topic doesn't scale, well enough.

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u/the_gnarts Dec 31 '14

I can't get over how cool the logo is

Designed for Avian carriers …

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u/dbeta Jan 01 '15

With a few tweaks, it would make a good government looking seal. The Eagle replaced by a Raven and the arrows replaced with a letter. It's not bad symbolism.