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Which is "worse" (assuming someone isn't worried about violence being 
directed at them): Using TorBirdy, or plain old SMTP?
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Greg Norcie (gnorcie@indiana.edu)
PhD Student, Security Informatics
Indiana University

On 1/26/15 4:33 AM, Vignesh Prabhu wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Cypher:
>> A few months ago, I seem to remember the general advice being not to
>> use Torbirdy. But I see the software was updated only a few months ago
>> so I assume it's in active development. Can I assume Torbirdy is safe
>> to use?
>  From what I understand there are two main issues still pending which
> might lead to compromise of user's identity and unless that is fixed, it
> is not completely safe to use Torbirdy.
>
> The issues are:
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6314
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6315
>
> @Sukhbir, please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vignesh Prabhu
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