One of our core goals is to bring privacy to the masses without poeple needing to completely ditch their current accounts and infrastructure. We want to seamlessly integrate with the apps people already use so that even non-technical people can use it.
DarkMail would require people to completely ditch everything and jump to a new system.
But for the super-security minded folks we're researching ways we can seamlessly integrate PGP like capabilities into the product so that Virtru would never even be in a position to see the keys at all.
Unlike lavabit we're not a content provider and therefore not bound by the same laws. We're just a third-party provider that holds the keys. #7 on the blog post here goes into more details: https://blog.virtru.com/faq-on-government-surveillance/
Hey, that's a great question. We've put a lot of time and effort into thinking about this and have been working with some key people in the industry who have a lot of experience in this area.
DarkMail would require people to completely ditch everything and jump to a new system.
But for the super-security minded folks we're researching ways we can seamlessly integrate PGP like capabilities into the product so that Virtru would never even be in a position to see the keys at all.