[geeks] Email Disclaimers

[Brian Dunbar]

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
wrote:
> On 07/07/11 09:00, Michael Parson wrote:
>> It all goes back to what I was told a long time ago, and I have told
>> my users every since, don't put anything in an email that you wouldn't
>> write on the back of a post-card, it's got the same level of security
>> and privacy around it.
>
> Better, if you're going to send confidential information via email,
> encrypt it.  That's been a solved problem for nearly twenty years now.

It's not a solved problem if people aren't aware of the value or
encryption. or that they can encrypt email.

The majority of people are not aware of encryption, or think of it as
something impossibly complex.   The problem will be solved when people
encrypt their stuff in the same way they use email, or lock their
doors when they leave home.

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Brian Dunbar


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