"more secure" 3rd-party file sharing?

[Randy Edwards]

 > This article may be of interest:

   Very!  What I loved was this part:

 > Echoworx, a closely held Toronto company, launched its new Secure Mail
 > service in January. The service is sold through Internet service providers,
 > including AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp., which
 > charge consumers $5 to $8 a month.   

   Considering that Verizon is one of the ISPs providing the federal gov't 
with who-knows-what kind of data, the irony is astounding!

   But what gets me is that the free software world hasn't integrated or come 
up with a secure solution.

   Sure, encrypting mail is available, but it's generally a kludge.  The most 
polished MUA for encryption I've seen is KDE's KMail.

   Sure, SSL or encryption at the MTA is available, but that too is typically 
a kludge.

   With the state of gov't snooping now, this is a huge void that's waiting to 
be filled.  Heck, many would probably be willing to consider entirely new 
mail protocols as long as there were hooks to SMTP.

 Regards,
 .
 Randy

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