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Information about WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum’s emails could already be in the hands of the US government after wonks obtained secret court orders against Google and Sonic.net. The Wall Street Journal says it has seen documents showing that the two companies failed in their opposition to the court orders. However, the …

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  1. Matt Bryant Silver badge
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    Oh dear!

    It would seem that, despite their self-proclaimed tech wizardry, Wikileakers aren't Anonymous....

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  2. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
    Mushroom

    Is it time to vote from the rooftops yet?

    Because I do think it is.

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  3. Scorchio!!
    Happy

    Re: Oh dear!

    "It would seem that, despite their self-proclaimed tech wizardry, Wikileakers aren't Anonymous...."

    As a woman I once knew would say, "shit happens when you party naked". On the whole I agree with her.

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  4. Dennis Wilson

    The unknown

    "I want tose over there"

    "Could you be more specific?"

    "no"

    "That's good enough for me, take them"

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  5. T J
    FAIL

    Geeeeee

    Timely reminder. I really MUST get rid of all my gmail accounts as soon as I find somebody else who can do IMAP without stuffing it up.

    Oh and preferably who supports client-side encryption (yes you can do it with mail now).

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    1. Peter Gathercole Silver badge
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      Hmmm, makes me think of secretmail

      on UNIX systems 30 years ago. See, nothing's new nowadays.

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    2. Drew V.
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      Have you tried fastmail.fm? Not based in the US. Not free. But not the chocolate factory either.

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  6. P. Lee
    Black Helicopters

    Do you think they rely on gmail's protection?

    GPG all round, I suspect!

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