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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. Actual link to the EFF 'scorecard' by Wootery · · Score: 5, Informative

    The actual 'scorecard' can be found here. No need to go to extremes and RTFA.

    [Snarky comment about sloppy /. submissions.]

  2. But are the listings TRUE by SeaFox · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is the code is not open to independent review (as few of them are), is there any reason to trust the other listings? After all, we're trusting that when the maker says the software does not send messages in a way were they can intercept them, it's true, but we don't really know that to be the case.