[chadillac83]

I think the "Dark" in "Dark Mail Alliance" is meant more in the sense that it's "off the grid" of NSA spying capabilities, not that it's meant to be used for nefarious purposes.

[tg3]

I would agree, but the word means what people think that it means, and the most likely interpretation will be "nefarious purposes". Especially when the powers that be will likely oppose this, the more braindead you can make your image, the better.

[devx]

I'm sure their intention was not to be used for nefarious purposes, but that doesn't mean NSA/FBI/Congress won't try to portray it as such.

But anyway, I'm starting to get the feeling this issue is taking too much attention from the protocol itself, which is the big news here. If they want to change it, great, if not that's fine, too. They just need to make sure the protocol is great, and can get other big e-mail providers to support it, or at least a ton of smaller ones.

[chris_mahan]

Plus it's impossible to be sure that whatever you're doing electronically is not being spied on by the NSA.

[herbig]

Being open source and having faith in the soundness of the cryptography is about as good as it can get.

[mpyne]

You could conduct entirely legit business within a 'black market' but most people will still assume it's nefarious until proven otherwise.