This is an unintended consequence of the @Snowden leaks. The NSA can't hack inside the US, so if you use Gmail, TAO is likely not legally able to get into your inbox. But people freak out and forget this because they just assume NSA does whatever it wants.https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/938551311397728257 …
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Provider-enabled disclosure is *always* a more realistic threat than "NSA's overscheduled hacker unit is running a live op to get my personal mail spool," because the cheapest, laziest access mechanism is the most likely to be used. But neither is the primary risk for most folks.
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On the latter point we agree, which militates even more strongly against adopting random “secure” email providers overseas.
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I am not coming from a place of undying love for Google or patriotic fervor for storing emails in US data centers.
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