[triadtechtalk] Re: Security!
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- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:40:39 -0700
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> <<PGP is the standard for private encryption and digital
> signatures, and has been for years. >>
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> I agree. I have it...don't use it, but I have it. LOL Those
> that do use it religously swear by it though.
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> Donna
I would use it more, but can't install it at work. Since most of my email is
from work, I just forget at home.
This does make me feel a bit bad. Basic security says you should encrypt
_all_ messages you can. Otherwise, encryption becomes a way of saying, "Hey!
Look over here! This is important and private! I've got something to hide!"
Needless to say, this is not a good way to maintain security. Even people
with nothing to hide should use it, for that and other reasons. If nothing
else, the more people who use it, the harder it is to figure out who has
something to hide.
And for those who think that people who have "something to hide" shouldn't
be helped in hiding it, PGP has been instrumental in getting information on
human rights abuses out of totalitarian states and to human rights
organizations on many occasions. Always remember that anyone who has
legitimate access to the computers through which your mail travels (your
ISP, the other person's ISP, and everybody who owns a machine between the
two of you) can legally read your email at will. Only the government needs
court orders, and only those governments who use them need them.
David Nasset, Sr.
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