Pretty Good Privacy: Encrypted, Sealed, and Signed E-mail

A bumper sticker out there says, “My child reads your honor student's e-mail.” What a message! It seems true today that the majority of people using their computers do not realize in the least just how easy it is for someone else to read their e-mail. If the password can't be guessed, other means can be taken to read the message. Encryption is the strongest defense in keeping e-mail private. If you think it is an invasion of your privacy that the people in your office, at your house, and even your government can all read your e-mail, we want you to realize that there is something you can do about it. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) software is free. It was created and has been actively developed ...

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