Re: mail service
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On Sunday, October 10th, 2021 at 7:17 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 09:32:55AM +0000, fxkl47BF wrote:
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> > in a different mailing list it was implied that if a person uses protonmail they must be up to no good
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> > i've used protonmail for about 6 months now and been satisfied
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> > what am i missing
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> Services like protonmail have an important role in allowing
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> communication from, to, and between persons who are under threat of
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> persecution for some reason or another. E.g., political dissidents,
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> whistleblowers, journalists, religious workers in certain countries,
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> etc.
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> In general, the circumstances which would require one to use a tool like
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> protonmail are not commonly observed in connection with a list like
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> debian-user. Since the history of the Internet is one of openness and
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> collaboration (especially when it comes to newsgroups, from which lists
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> like debian-user derive a heritage), to appear in a collaborative space
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> without any way for the other participants to identify you is viewed
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> with suspicion. Whether that is a fair or unfair bias is debatable.
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> There is also ample evidence that very often, those who appear in
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> technical fora under a cloak of anonimity do so for the purpose of
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> disrupting, attacking, and so on, without risk to their real reputation.
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> Regards,
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> -Roberto
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> Roberto C. Sánchez
i understand and respect what you are saying
i also reject it
we have no way of knowing you are roberto
following what you say it would make people feel warm and fuzzy if i called myself george washinton
it's just judging a book by it's cover
what kind of person does that
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