The closest reliable method in that area is PGP encryption of e-mail. In theory only those people who have the message signed with their public key will be able to read it.
In practice I haven't heard otherwise. The only place where it isn't appropriate to encrypt (maybe only sign) is on public mailing lists. Daniel Taylor Embedded and custom Linux integration. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (612)747-1609 On Thu, 25 May 2000, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > I would like to raise the problem of the security of electronic > mail. The problem popped into my mind a while ago, while reading > about Italian legislation on the privacy and, in particular, of > paper mail. I always wanted to draw the issue to the attention of the > ``hi spheres'', but I am now in the UK, and the whole thing went into > the limbo. The problem is simply as follows: there is no legislation > that enforces the privacy of electronic mail. On the practical side, > there is no software method currently implemented at large that > allows the receiver, and only the receiver, to read his/her own mail. > The secure transmission of mail is part of the whole process. > The similar issue can easily be extended to the Internet, where sites > (from the very client to the very server) can record your preferences, > as if there were a big brother that spies on you and writes all down. > An immediate consequence of it are all the SPAM mail selling > financial services... > > Sergio > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
