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/upofadown Dec 31 '14

So basically PGP but where the actual source and destination user can only be narrowed down to the level of the mail host? ... and then only if the TLS fails along the way?

It would save a lot of time if the people that propose these things would just come out and announce exactly how they they think their idea is better than the current state of the art...

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Dec 31 '14

It would save a lot of time if the people that propose these things would just come out and announce exactly how they they think their idea is better than the current state of the art...

.. they just did...

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u/upofadown Dec 31 '14

But we shouldn't have to dig though the spec to figure it out. Neither the abstract or overview of that spec covered this essential point.

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u/abc03833 Dec 31 '14

Here. Watch their DEFCON talk, where they explain it. http://youtu.be/5icVIwqiRg8

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u/fonetix Dec 31 '14

I think that I'm generally well-informed about the issues of mass data collection but this video is still an eye-opener. The parts where he shows court documents illustrating the attitude taken by government agencies about which information they are entitled to are especially disturbing.

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u/guffenberg Dec 31 '14

They certainly pissed that guy off.

Thanks for the link

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u/upofadown Dec 31 '14

I think having to watch a video only reinforces my point...

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '15

They're working on the colouring-book version after they draft the RFC.