Sergio, That's what GPG and a good MUA like Pine is for. Let's see "Big Brother" crack 1024-bit public key crypto anytime this decade...
I know you can't legally do this in France; if you have a desire for your email to be private, then I suggest moving to a country whose crypto policies are not brain-dead, such as the USA, Canada, the UK, and so on. Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C++++ UL++++ P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O--- M- V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5 X- R tv+ b DI--- D+ G e-- h++ r--- y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ 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] >
