[DEMUG] secure email

Roy Atkinson macadvisor at mac.com
Fri May 23 19:35:58 EDT 2008


PGP (pretty good privacy) has been in the business of encrypting email  
for a very long time. You can check out
http://www.pgp.com/solutions/homeoffice.html


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Roy Atkinson
207.664.9329 (mobile)
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On May 23, 2008, at 5:56 PM, L Carr <lcarr at fish-news.com> wrote:

> Is there a way of making email secure?
>
> I have a secure website that allows me to have forms that supposedly
> can't be read by anyone other than the addressee designated in the
> form.  I admit I've mostly closed my eyes and taken it on faith that
> this is the case.  I've never understood the intricacies involved that
> actually make it secure.
>
> I would love however to have an email address that has that same
> function.  Every now and again, someone sends me their credit card
> number in an email.  I certainly don't ask for them to do it, but I'd
> feel awful if it was intercepted and stolen.  Is there some way of
> making sure that an email can't be hijacked?
>
> Thanks for any insight into this issue.
>
> Leslie
>
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