On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:53:19 +1100, Ian A. White wrote: > Then again it is a telltale that your baggage has been tampered with, > but we digress here ;-)
Well, yes, I did get a speeding ticket the day before I flew. Would that be enough cause? But then maybe you are thinking of my history as an Australian... but here we definitely digress. :-) What were we talking about anyway? Ah, yes, encrypting mail and national law. Well, my rule is simple. I have PGP but mostly use it for decryption and to satisfy the desire of others. Even in PGP, the same rule applies for me. The rule is: Don't write anything sensitive. After all, you don't have as much security as some people might think, even with PGP. You send an encrypted message, but on the other end someone - even someone you trust - could decrypt the message and leave it lying around in decrypted form. There is an old maxim: Say a thousand things, but don't put anything in writing. The spirit of this is well worth remembering. If anyone follows it, then it should not disturb her/him to use a freemail server like Gmail. Personally, when I write a message, I just assume that anyone might come along and read it and that it could be still available for reading long after I have "shuffled off this mortal coil". Anything that comes my way that is really sensitive, I just delete after reading. What happens to that mail on Internet service providers that process it is beyond my control. -- Avi Yashar Windows XP Pro SP2 and The Bat! Pro 3.0.2.4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.7 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
