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Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by einat2346@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No need to look for a conspiracy, this sort of thing happens all the time to all sorts of companies. Maybe it's a patent they want, maybe they want the talent, maybe they want the assets, maybe they want to remove a competitor... It's really not that unusual.

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

You're right, if it was an intelligence service they'd want the service to continue while they have a backdoor.