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ProtonMail suggests fear of the Donald prompting lockdown
"ProtonMail follows the Swiss policy of neutrality. We do not take any position for or against Trump," the Swiss company's CEO stated on Monday, before revealing that new user sign-ups immediately doubled following Trump's election victory.
ProtonMail has published figures showing that as soon as the election results rolled in, the public began to seek out privacy-focused services such as its own.
CEO Andy Yen said that, in communicating with these new users, the company found people apprehensive about the decisions that President Trump might take and what they would mean considering the surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
"Given Trump's campaign rhetoric against journalists, political enemies, immigrants, and Muslims, there is concern that Trump could use the new tools at his disposal to target certain groups," Yen said. "As the NSA currently operates completely out of the public eye with very little legal oversight, all of this could be done in secret."
ProtonMail was launched back in May 2014 by scientists who had met at CERN and MIT. In response to the Snowden revelations regarding collusion between the NSA and other email providers such as Google, they created a government-resistant, end-to-end encrypted email service.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/14/protonmail_subs_double_after_trump_victory/
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @12:33PM
They're protesting because Trump has said mean things. Their generation doesn't read long form prose or sit still for anything that requires longer than 20 seconds to say. Thus processing all the reasons that the DNC and Hillary are evil require more attention span than they have, while understanding the mean things Trump said at Twitter length does not.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mcgrew on Tuesday November 15 2016, @03:43PM
Someone on TV said "they're protesting democracy!" But it's the exact opposite; Clinton won the popular vote, and that's reason enough to raise a ruckus. Plus, as a veteran, I'm sickened that a draft dodger disrespected a gold star family and a bona-fide war hero.
Not to mention that the evil scumbag actually bragged about how his wealth lets him get away with sexual assault. Considering how many bankruptcies he's had, and is being sued for fraud, I fear for the economy.
If I were black I'd certainly protest the election of a man who has been found guilty of racial discrimination and fined for the misdeed, who welcomed the support of the KKK.
I fear for my country. The only hop is that we not only survived George Bush, we survived James Buchannan.
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(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:44PM
I realize that it's almost against the law to say this, but anyone fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan after perhaps the first two months, or anywhere else in the middle east, is disqualified from being considered a war hero. The first per-requisite to being a war hero, is to fight in a just war. Don't have that, you're just a really good oppressor.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:11PM
Well. the war hero was John McCain, not Tammy Duckworth. But the war McCain was in (and so was I, but I'm no hero; I never risked my life to save anyone else's. The closest I was to Viet Nam was Thailand, across the bay) was as much a clusterfuck as Iraq was IMO. But I have to disagree about Afghanistan. It may not be the Christian thing to do, but when someone punches you in the nose, you beat the holy hell out of them like I did that stupid bully in 7th grade.
But even if the war is unjust, if you risk your life to save someone else's life, you're still a hero.
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(Score: 2) by chromas on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:18AM
That never happened. He's a piece of shit. There's no need to make things up. He said women would let someone rich and famous do anything and then he gave a ridiculous example. If women let you grab 'em by the pussy™ then it's not assault.
How many trillions in debt are we? Sounds like he'll fit right in.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:04PM
Actually, after the election I looked up the president most historians say was the worst, James Buchannan, who they say caused the Civil War. His Wikipedia's page shows his government experience looks strikingly like Clinton's experience, so I'll say we were screwed no matter who won.
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(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday November 19 2016, @02:34AM
Stat I've seen was 9 bankruptcies... vs some hundreds of viable businesses. That's one helluva business success rate, when the normal fail rate is somewhere close to half.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday November 19 2016, @02:32AM
"actually bragged about how his wealth lets him get away with sexual assault"
Er, no. He was describing, as Karen Straughan put it, golddiggers. What he SAID was that when you're rich, women will LET you do shit (as any star of sports, rock, or screen can attest). He DIDN'T say that HE did such shit.
Watch the damn tape and listen to his own words, not how the MSM blew it all out of proportion. It really was just dumb lockerroom braggadocio, not a testimony of "sexual assault".
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.