Dark Mail: Secure email project planned to combat the NSA and PRISM

Stuart Sumner
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Secure email providers collaborate on email platform designed to thwart government surveillance

Secure email providers Lavabit and Silent Circle have formed a partnership they call the Dark Mail Alliance, with the intention of creating a secure email service that can thwart government surveil...

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