I think you sent this to the wrong address..
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:31:16 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [tor-talk] GoldBug.sf.net: Encrypted Messenger > > > I would be pretty surprised if the EFF were behind the press release > > you mention. EFF press releases are always written in very good > > English, and that press release is not; nor is the website. It seems > > very unlikely to me that the EFF would let a project like this go live > > without making sure the press release was idiomatic and grammatical. > > > > And as you note, it seems EXTREMELY unlikely that the EFF would be > > involved in a project like this without linking to it from their blog, > > website, or twitter account. > > > > (Finally, remember: don't run binaries from people you don't know.) > > Agreed on all accounts and more. > First thought I had when I saw it was... > "Haha, Windows binary... spiffy webpage... *GoldBug*... really? > Sounds like the perfect Bitcoin stealing malware". > And someone's pushing, perhaps even targeting, these communities > with this? Oh my. > > I'd given it some early leeway... colossal marketing mistakes and > rocky project starts do happen... but given use of their names in > the 'release' and its proliferation, I think EFF and CCC do need to > make a statement, probably not a good one, and soon. > > Here are some other opinions, all bad... > > http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2013-July/thread.html > > And other as yet undeveloped references... > > http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gcrypt-devel/2013-July/thread.html > https://www.facebook.com/events/566858663364951/580911471959670/ > https://www.facebook.com/michaelschmidt524?hc_location=stream > > https://cpunks.org//pipermail/cypherpunks/2013-July/thread.html > [my forward of course] > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
