On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:49:47 -0400, StopinDaSpam typed the following stuff
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I thought about replying with something witty like ;
"Here's another. Encryption". I'm glad I didn't as I'm sure to have
misunderstood your post, and I've no desire to start an argument with
people who probably know more about computer security topics than I ever
will.
I know this is off-topic regarding the original posters' message, but I'm
curious as to how one would avoid the 'Carnivore' trap.
Would encrypting emails attract 'unwanted' attention in the first place ?
As (hopefully) the encryption could not be broken, would the composer of
the mail in question face two or more years in the slammer for *not*
handing over the passphrase ?
I'm asking this as I've been a PGP fan for years. More recently, I've
become something of a GPG fan on Linux.
I'd love to use encryption more, just to be sneaky, but I'm nearly always
faced with the following problems :
1) Most people I communicate with using email, would most likely think that
PGP is a new brand of tea.
2) Or those with slightly longer experience with computers would say;
"Why would you want to encrypt emails ? What are you hiding ?"
Annoying, but a fact of life for me.
Regards,
LLFormat.
