Comments on: Even encrypted Web-based email is in danger of wireless eavesdropping http://tips.vlaurie.com/2008/01/31/even-encrypted-web-based-email-is-in-danger-of-wireless-eavesdropping/ Selected tips on making Windows safer and easier to use Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Vic http://tips.vlaurie.com/2008/01/31/even-encrypted-web-based-email-is-in-danger-of-wireless-eavesdropping/#comment-4561 Vic Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:44:25 +0000 http://tips.vlaurie.com/2008/01/31/even-encrypted-web-based-email-is-in-danger-of-wireless-eavesdropping/#comment-4561 I agree that there are encryption methods that can make email pretty secure. Both the sender and the recipient have to know how to use them and my remark was addressed to the average user. I agree that there are encryption methods that can make email pretty secure. Both the sender and the recipient have to know how to use them and my remark was addressed to the average user.

]]> By: dean http://tips.vlaurie.com/2008/01/31/even-encrypted-web-based-email-is-in-danger-of-wireless-eavesdropping/#comment-4559 dean Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:14:32 +0000 http://tips.vlaurie.com/2008/01/31/even-encrypted-web-based-email-is-in-danger-of-wireless-eavesdropping/#comment-4559 "If something is really confidential, don't use email to send it." I'm surprised that encryption hasn't caught on, which is capable of significantly improving the situation. Perhaps it simply reflects the technically unsophisticated audience. PGP was understandably more difficult to use, but digital certificates from Verisign and Thawte make the process very simple. Thawte, now owned by Verisign, has offered free digital certificates (personal use) for years. http://www.thawte.com/secure-email/personal-email-certificates/index.html The link is near the bottom of the page. Verisign's digital certificates are $19.95 per year, hardly an unsurmountable sum for those that really need it. http://www.verisign.com/products-services/security-services/pki/pki-application/email-digital-id/index.html “If something is really confidential, don’t use email to send it.”

I’m surprised that encryption hasn’t caught on, which is capable of significantly improving the situation. Perhaps it simply reflects the technically unsophisticated audience. PGP was understandably more difficult to use, but digital certificates from Verisign and Thawte make the process very simple. Thawte, now owned by Verisign, has offered free digital certificates (personal use) for years.

http://www.thawte.com/secure-email/personal-email-certificates/index.html

The link is near the bottom of the page. Verisign’s digital certificates are $19.95 per year, hardly an unsurmountable sum for those that really need it.

http://www.verisign.com/products-services/security-services/pki/pki-application/email-digital-id/index.html

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