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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: stemcell on October 05, 2013, 01:19 am
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Everytime i try to log into tormail for my communications its alaways. down. Safe mail and hush are not safe. What else is there to use that is safe?
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Everytime i try to log into tormail for my communications its alaways. down. Safe mail and hush are not safe. What else is there to use that is safe?
That's because there is no more tormail. It no longer exists. When they took down Freedom Hostings servers in August, it took tormail down. They were hosted by Freedom Hosting's servers. I don't think they're ever coming back.
That's why I have this user name. I couldn't retrieve my password for my old forum account because I used tormail to register.
See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Mail
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that would explain why i lost all my passwords. can anyone reccomened a safe alternative?
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that would explain why i lost all my passwords. can anyone reccomened a safe alternative?
Well if it's not going to be tied to you or your real IP, then anything will do. I'd suggest hushmail or something like that (I know they can give up your info, but at least they aren't US based).
Hushmail through TOR using PGP encryption is the only thing I can think of. There are no other .onion email providers that I know of. At least if you use PGP, you can protect the text of your emails.
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that would explain why i lost all my passwords. can anyone reccomened a safe alternative?
Well if it's not going to be tied to you or your real IP, then anything will do. I'd suggest hushmail or something like that (I know they can give up your info, but at least they aren't US based).
Hushmail through TOR using PGP encryption is the only thing I can think of. There are no other .onion email providers that I know of. At least if you use PGP, you can protect the text of your emails.
The fact that Hushmail is not U.S. based confers ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION from U.S. authorities. Google "Operation Raw Deal". You will learn how in 2007, the DEA used the Mutual Law Enforcement Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to force Hushmail to hand over 12 CDs worth of DECRYPTED email to the DEA. One DEA spokesman boasted that they had collected in excess of 100,000 emails by this method.
If Hushmail even suspects that their service is being anything illegal, they can (and will) turn everything they have over to the authorities. Some sources have told me that Subject lines are regularly scanned for keywords that could potentially indicate illegal activity. (I've heard this from a few separate sources, so I tend to believe it.)
Nightcrawler
4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22 Nightcrawler <Nightcrawler@SR>
PGP Key: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=174.msg633090#msg633090
PGP Key Fingerprint = 83F8 CAF8 7B73 C3C7 8D07 B66B AFC8 CE71 D9AF D2F0
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Lol hushmail
They feed you a MITM login to steal your password in the clear. Then they hand your entire inbox to the feds. They also lie about "deleting" emails, instead they are archived forever. A steroid retailer and Adam from Farmer's Market found this out the hard way.
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that would explain why i lost all my passwords. can anyone reccomened a safe alternative?
Well if it's not going to be tied to you or your real IP, then anything will do. I'd suggest hushmail or something like that (I know they can give up your info, but at least they aren't US based).
Hushmail through TOR using PGP encryption is the only thing I can think of. There are no other .onion email providers that I know of. At least if you use PGP, you can protect the text of your emails.
The fact that Hushmail is not U.S. based confers ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION from U.S. authorities. Some sources have told me that Subject lines are regularly scanned for keywords that could potentially indicate illegal activity. (I've heard this from a few separate sources, so I tend to believe it.)
Nightcrawler
4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22 Nightcrawler <Nightcrawler@SR>
PGP Key: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=174.msg633090#msg633090
PGP Key Fingerprint = 83F8 CAF8 7B73 C3C7 8D07 B66B AFC8 CE71 D9AF D2F0
Yes I know, but that's why I said use PGP in every email. I vaguely remember reading that there's a clause in the TOS about illegal activity, but if you use PGP, they shouldn't detect any illegal activity. Make sure your PGP key uses a minimum of 2048 bit encryption (I use 4096, but 2048 will do).
Being based in Canada is better than being based in the US as far as data storage goes (I'm talking in terms of offering more protection from NSA snooping. Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail all require a valid phone number now to sign up.
I can't think of any truly private email provider. PGP, Tor, and a fake name is your best bet.
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Lol hushmail
They feed you a MITM login to steal your password in the clear. Then they hand your entire inbox to the feds. They also lie about "deleting" emails, instead they are archived forever. A steroid retailer and Adam from Farmer's Market found this out the hard way.
PGP for every message. I already know about hushmail's weaknesses. It's better than Gmail, yahoo, hotmail, etc. At least you don't need a verifiable phone number for hushmail.
Nobody suggested anything, so I'm assuming the answer is none. My answer was the lesser of several evils.