Re: mail service
On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 09:32:55AM +0000, fxkl47BF wrote:
>
> in a different mailing list it was implied that if a person uses protonmail they must be up to no good
> i've used protonmail for about 6 months now and been satisfied
> what am i missing
>
Services like protonmail have an important role in allowing
communication from, to, and between persons who are under threat of
persecution for some reason or another. E.g., political dissidents,
whistleblowers, journalists, religious workers in certain countries,
etc.
In general, the circumstances which would require one to use a tool like
protonmail are not commonly observed in connection with a list like
debian-user. Since the history of the Internet is one of openness and
collaboration (especially when it comes to newsgroups, from which lists
like debian-user derive a heritage), to appear in a collaborative space
without any way for the other participants to identify you is viewed
with suspicion. Whether that is a fair or unfair bias is debatable.
There is also ample evidence that very often, those who appear in
technical fora under a cloak of anonimity do so for the purpose of
disrupting, attacking, and so on, without risk to their real reputation.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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