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		dannyw on April 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Gmail killing independent email? Nobody wants to talk about something called the "Dark Mail Alliance", it's such a dodgy name.

snvzz on April 29, 2023 [–]

Here dark likely stands for "not clear" or "not plaintext" i.e. encrypted.

"blackmail" means something else, so it is good they avoided that name.

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