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How to create and maintain anonymous email accounts

Posted by finid on · 4 comments
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But that should not keep you from trying to keep your email communications private and anonymous, because if you take the proper steps, you can create and maintain anonymous email accounts that will be almost impossible to trace back to you.

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montezuma ·
Now I can go bang Patraeus in private and burn off my competition in Tampa.

Seriously though I am a bit puzzled by the utilitarian value of this exercise which I am certain is currently being reviewed for holes by the CIA/NSA/???????
Bob_Robertson ·
Irrelevant. All the data packets are being copied and stored for later assembly/decryption.

No need to crack the account when the keystrokes are wide open.
AmyT ·
"Irrelevant. All the data packets are being copied and stored for later assembly/decryption"

Then people should learn to encrypt their email within a >1MB image file, send that, and we'll just see how long it takes for all that storage space to be filled to the brim. :))
Bob_Robertson ·
Or just use PGP/GPG and encrypt/decrypt locally.

But then the real effectiveness of wiretapping hasn't been the content of the calls themselves, but the fact that these particular people talked at these particular times. Encryption does nothing to stop that kind of information.

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