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The Fight Over the EFF's Secure Messaging Scoreboard

Posted by samzenpus on from the making-the-grade dept.

blottsie writes The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)'s new Secure Messaging Scorecard is designed to answer one important question: Which apps and tools actually keep your messages secure and safe from prying eyes? The results have been mixed. In the midst of many positive reactions from technology companies and users, the scorecard stoked a wave of criticism from several prominent figures in the security industry, who deemed the effort inaccurate, misleading, and vague."

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  1. Re:Don't buy American. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux is American - it is owned by Red Hat.

  2. Re:Criticism seems valid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >It seems bazaar

    Reminds me of an Eric Raymond aticle: "The Cathedral and the Bizzare"