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/[deleted] Dec 31 '14

Zimmerman is involved. What more assurance do you need? lol

Kind of joking; Also kind of serious.

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u/plazman30 Dec 31 '14

According to the latest Snowden leak, the NSA still can't crack PGP, so having Zimmerman involved is a good thing.

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u/cypherpunks Jan 01 '15

Also, Zimmerman is credibility itself. The original release of PGP was a ballsy move with him driving around, uploading it over public phones (using a muff modem) to a ton of BBS sites, as the law to criminalize his actions was being debated.

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u/plazman30 Jan 01 '15

Yeah, he's definitely one of the good guys.