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Mailbox.org gpg encrypted €1,- email solution now in english.

by Ihmahr on 6/8/14, 10:39 AM with 29 comments

• by aw3c2 on 6/8/14, 12:01 PM

  FYI, in Germany if you provide more than 10000 mailboxes you have to add a SINA box to your network. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichere_Inter-Netzwerk_Archite...

  This allows law enforcement to silently direct specific user's mails to them. This requires a ruling and the provider will be aware of it. Still, I think a company like this should mention this in a full disclosure spirit as it can render their promise "No disclosure: Your data remains with us. We never pass on any data to third parties without authorization." void.

  --- I do not understand the Legal Certainty paragraph.

• by riquito on 6/8/14, 2:24 PM

  This is another lavabit. They receive e-mails in clear text and then they encrypt it. This is not secure at all.

  It would be ok if it they were clear about it, but it's exactly the opposite "[...]This means that no one can read your e-mails except yourself – no password thieves, no governmental or law enforcement agencies, not even us here at mailbox.org."

• by gregmorton on 6/8/14, 12:26 PM

  In fact you can't use gpg in mailbox.org when you send an email. Gpg is only used to encrypt your mailbox (it encrypts the emails you receive) which is kind of weird. You can of course use GPG in command line or with an external program.

• by lawl on 6/8/14, 1:08 PM

  So I clicked the page to check if I can a) use my own domain. b) upload my public key and decrypt the mailbox locally to serve IMAP from localhost. Then I read this

  > Our grasp on technology is flawless

  And they completely lost me.

• by dewey on 6/8/14, 11:51 AM

  That's a great landing page, lots of information and not stuffed with marketing fluff.

  And in case you are wondering if they are offering these services for your own domain? - Not yet. [0]

  [0] https://mailbox.org/en/can-i-use-e-mail-addresses-from-my-ow...

• by adam74 on 6/8/14, 4:56 PM

  "The domain name, me@mailbox.org, is easy to remember and can be understand anywhere in the world. "

  understand?