Comments on: Email Encryption

By: hashgmail (hashgmail)

hashgmail (hashgmail) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:12:02 +0000

RT @al_Khwarizmi Reading Urban Workbench’s Email Encryption with firefox extension FireGPG for #gpg + #gmail http://bit.ly/zSp1 #iranele …

By: al_Khwarizmi (al-Khw?rizm?)

al_Khwarizmi (al-Khw?rizm?) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:06:41 +0000

Reading Urban Workbench’s Email Encryption with firefox extension FireGPG for #gpg + #gmail http://bit.ly/zSp1 #iranelection #neda #gr88

By: Shicks

Shicks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Also, if you are interested, Also, if you are interested, check out http://www.trustmesecurity.com, a relatively new Email Encryption company that approaches encryption usability a little differently. The way I look at it is that it works a lot like existing IM clients. But anyways, thought I would throw it out there for people to take a look at.

By: Alex Miller

Alex Miller — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Email encryption used to be Email encryption used to be difficult, with all sorts of key management and webs of trust, no normal users could figure it out. But Gwebs has come out with a new GPG extension (a firefox plugin, among other things) which allows users to use email encryption with none of the hassles they had before, and its available for Gmail, MSN, yahoo, and much more. Check out http://www.gwebs.com for a free download.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Alex, sounds Thanks Alex, sounds interesting, I will check it out!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the link,

Thanks for the link, TrustMe looks like a neat alternative to standard encryption systems, particularly seeing the keys are not located on your harddrive, rather within their secure system.

This may be an easy way to get less technical family members or clients to use better email security. I'll be checking it out.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Email encryption is an Email encryption is an important consideration, however, the difficulty in managing the current methods adds yet another complexity to the way data is handled. If a simpler, yet still secure system could be developed it would encourage greater adoption of the technology.
I want to stress that any of the methods proposed are not entirely simple to run, but should provide you with a level of certainty that your emails are secure.

By: JamesCC

JamesCC — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You’ve hit on some really You’ve hit on some really great points in this article. I’m not encrypting anything, however, I can see that there is a time and a place – if you don’t want it seen by anyone else – don’t send it, was always a mantra. But now the technology seems to offer a fairly simple way to guarantee that the person you are sending it to is the only person who can reasonably be expected to have the ability to read the contents.

Great tie-in to the book and the Enigma, which is also featured in the book.