Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months
Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months
Skiff users will lose their @skiff.com email addresses, need to export data ASAP.
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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.
29 0 ReplyNo 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.
21 2 ReplyYou're right, if it was an intelligence service they'd want the service to continue while they have a backdoor.
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Maybe they want to suck part of the codebase into notion?
I have a friend who works with ex Zenly employees, and that's exactly what Snapchat did with them.
17 0 ReplyJust buying the tech. Might want to use it internally or whatever
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