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		koenigdavidmj on Feb 12, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? It is their ability to decrypt that scares me. Most of the users were under the impression that Hushmail did not save their keys.

pyre on Feb 12, 2010 | [–]

They didn't, but the they were forced to setup something on their servers that allowed them to capture the keys (or something like that) in one particular instance, IIRC.

KirinDave on Feb 12, 2010 | [–]

It's not clear it's legal for Hushmail to do that. or so I'm told.

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