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Comment Re:Wrong Question: One word too many. (Score 1) 96

nomoregoogle.com, which is mentioned in the article, has options for many Google services. I've been very happy with ProtonMail, though there are some inconveniences, like no full-content search with the web client (since that runs into decryption issues). Supposedly that's being worked on, though. Main thing I'm still looking for is a Calendar replacement, which doesn't appear on the nomoregoogle list.

Comment Re:No. Wrong. Try again. (Score 3, Informative) 116

Bad guy intercepts encrypted email he wants to read. (MITM). He injects additional HTML data into the email (in his possession). He sends the email on to the original intended recipient. Recipient opens email. PGP or S/MIME plugin automatically decrypts the message and hands the output back to the email client for display. Mail client interprets the HTML, which happens to send the now-decrypted text to a webserver under the attacker's control.

So, yes, this does act as MITM. It does not require the attacker to have previously compromised the victim's system.

Comment Re:Facebook is an AMPLIFIER, that's all. (Score 1) 96

Yes. People *are* the problem. And in a situation with a kid with matches, the kid is the problem. It still makes sense not to give the kid matches in the first place. Not that we can prevent people from doing stupid things in a free society, I get that. But we can still hold the person who gives matches to the kid accountable, can't we?

Comment Re:I skip the ads (Score 1) 23

If I know the majority of my listeners skip the ads, I'll likely stop using ads and find another way to fund my project. Heck, the advertisers will want to see proof their ads are being listened to, otherwise they'll pull their ads. Granted, I don't use ads on my podcast, but knowing that my intro our outro music is being skipped tells me I shouldn't waste my (or my listener's) time with it.

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