Hi Jan, Some simple things. 1. Mail client configuration: Always use encrypted protocols to talk to your email servers. If pop, use pops, if imap, imaps, webmail, https. When sending use smtps. To avoid Australian surveillance avoid local servers but then maybe it's best to avoid US servers too and most other governments are trying to get a slice of the pie now too!
Mostly emails end up going between your server and your recipient's server in the clear, although that may start to change. You have little control of the email once it leaves your mail server unless you use serious encryption on the email. That is a PITA to use and it has to be done at both ends. A lot of people started using German email accounts recently. Not sure if that helps. What you really want is a secure mail system like lavabit, but that's been nobbled by the US. Kim On 2013/Dec/10, at 4:13 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > Any way to protect against this? > Jan > > >> Australian police to adopt technology capable of collecting emails >> Published: December 10, 2013 >> Source: >> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/10/australian-police-to-adopt-technology-capable-of-collecting-emails >> >> >> Controversial new technology capable of collecting and storing emails >> and other information sent via computer in real time will be rolled out >> by the Australian Federal Police next year. >> >> The agency plans to trial "deep packet inspection" (DPI) technology in >> February before a full rollout in April. >> >> DPI systems are used by many organisations as firewalls but they can >> also collect information such as email subject headers and message content. > > > Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > [email protected] > > Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how > do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. > ~Margaret Atwood, writer > > _ __________________ _ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
