Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderIf you are still using GMail (or Yahoo, or arbitrary US-based email company) in August, your right to complain about the NSA spying on you is revoked. If you’re complaining about government spying on the Internet, or in a gathering of programmers, and you won’t take basic steps to do anything about it, then you’re a hypocrite, full-stop. I don't understand this point of view. Your opinion on how fair or legal or morally right a law is has nothing…
NSA-proof this is certainly not. It might complicate reading your messages in transit, just a bit, but that's about it. E-mail messages leak metadata all over the place. Though according to the author 1/3 of their email volume is to parties that support TLS, that still leaves 2/3rds up for grabs. If you happen to send a message to two people, one who's e-mail provider supports TLS and one who doesn't you're toast too. There is no mention of encrypting…
Doesn't the use of a hosting provider kill the point?
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 296
- Total comments
- 178
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-15 | Set up an email server in two hoursFirst breakout · Best thread | steveklabnik | 220 | 127 |
| 2013-11-23 | NSA-proof your e-mail in 2 hours | neur0mancer | 3 | 1 |
| 2015-05-30 | NSA-proof your e-mail in 2 hours | plg | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-03-14 | NSA-proof your e-mail in 2 hours (2013)Latest 20+ point return | 0xmohit | 69 | 50 |
| 2018-02-05 | NSA-proof your e-mail in 2 hours (2013)Hall induction | selmat | 1 | 0 |