Thanks Lee, some of my emails do go to the Android crowd so glad to know how our security within Apple is better for us.
I also know what you mean about reading others email, a friend of mine owned an internet service company similar to Aye.net (digicove) and on a visit he showed me their email server...good grief scrolling across the screen were all the emails from one client after another for everyone in the shop to read if they were so inclined. They didn't pay any attention to it but I suppose if they wanted to offload these to another machine then they could search for items of interest. I also assume sniffers could steal our email packets and allow others to see what we write and maybe there is a way for others to "capture" the emails while in route and also read them...speculation but it seems there is little they can't do. You mention that you post your keys for everyone to use. Where, how do we get them? How do we use? Not that I email you personally other than a couple times, but it would be a way for me to learn if you can show me how to get your key and I give it a try....you certainly don't have to answer as this would become prohibitive if many of us did it. For those we email frequently and we wish to encrypt do we initiate this by getting our key and then tell them to also get a key or do we get both sides of the key and somehow get their key to them? I guess the logistics of how this is done would help as I would pass these out to those I normally email. Finally, as long as I use Mail does it matter if I am using my Aye.net account, my TimeWarner account or my Apple account? The key would be through Apple's Mail and not through the email portals I am assuming? As always, thanks so much for your help. John On Mar 3, 2014, at 3:52 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 2, 2014, at 10:38 PM, John Robinson wrote: > >> Now a question to those that would know. I hear Lee and others talking >> about encryption in our emails, needing the "key" on both ends. If Apple >> can do this with iMessage then why can't they do it with our mail? Because >> they control the entire package with iMessage and they can't with all the >> various email services? Guessing. > > The strong encryption with iMessage only works if you're communicating with > someone else who's also using iMessage. Apple has to control both ends of the > conversation to ensure security. Remember, iMessage is built into the > Messages app in iOS, so when you send a text to someone who is using iOS or > OS X, you'll get security. If you use Messages to send a text to someone > using another operating system (Android, Windows, etc.), there is no security. > > The same problem arises with email. You can only send encrypted email to > someone who has taken the trouble to share a public key with you. I make my > public keys readily available, but there are few people who use them to > encrypt email to me. > > Unencrypted email is just like sending all your snail mail on postcards. > Encrypted mail is like sending your snail mail in an envelope nobody but the > intended recipient can open. I've been encouraging people to use encrypted > email for many years, but it seems most people just don’t care who sees > their email. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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