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nubis
14y ago
You're repeating yourself now, do remember that all systems are built by humans, and as far as encryption goes do remember that unless your email is encrypted on the server using a password requested from you in order to encrypt and decrypt
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nubis
14y ago
I fail to see the point made by that commenter that has not been made yet in this thread, other than the funny accusation of malice. We don't store plaintext passwords, and we are very aware of mass assignment bugs. (being suspected of such
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nubis
14y ago
Indeed, no system is fully secure, and we don't try to hide that fact, that's one of the reasons Dropmyemail exists in the first place. We offer people an off-site backup at the cost of trusting a third party with their password. This is a
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nubis
14y ago
I do believe that all this kurfuffle originates from a 'false package deal' composed by: factual data (we store passwords), your assumptions about our incompetence (we're bound to lose them), and your subjective valuation of risk vs. conven