Following the voluntary shutdown of two secure email services to prevent the NSA from obtaining information about their subscribers, Internet bad boy Kim Dotcom’s cloud-based file hosting service Mega is stepping up. The company is working on a secure, encrypted email service that will extend the end-to-end encryption and contacts functionality the site already provides for documents, Mega CEO Vikram Kumar reportedly confirmed. However, “encryption is just one component of the overall security framework,” said security expert Jason Thompson.
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Kim Dotcom Charges Into Secure Email Fray
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 14, 2013 09:53 AMFollowing the voluntary shutdown of two secure email services to prevent the NSA from obtaining information about their subscribers, Internet bad boy Kim Dotcom’s cloud-based file hosting service Mega is stepping up. The company is working on a secure, encrypted email service that will extend the end-to-end encryption and contacts functionality the site already provides for documents, Mega CEO Vikram Kumar reportedly confirmed. However, “encryption is just one component of the overall security framework,” said security expert Jason Thompson.