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Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (4 children)

So what is the point of acquiring them if they just dismantle the company? Seems stupid unless it's funded by the CIA or something.

[–] herrvogel 19 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

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

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