On 2/20/07, Les <hlhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I do not want to store messages locally to minimize the risk of them > > > being spied by someone else. With the CustomizeGoogle extension of > > > Firefox, one can read GMail accounts with the https protocol, which > > > encrypts the communications between my machine and GMail servers. > > > > But are HTTP pages cached in your browser? > > > > I'd suggest that your mail cannot be casually spied upon on your > > computer if you do not share log-ins, and don't leave your computer > > without logging out or locking out access. > > But the traffic containing the messages may be spied between my > computer and the GMail server. If the traffic obeys to the https > protocol, hence it may be spied but it will be useless for the spier. > > Paul > You are chasing the wrong suspect. GMAIL keeps EVERYTHING!!! It never dies. Your mail may remain on their servers and be searchable forever. If you want to secure mail of a specific nature, you must use local encryption and you and the receiving party need your own encryption/decryption processes, preferably on a system that is never accessable to the external (www) network.
I am not chasing GMAIL; I am trying to avoid that someone of the local system administration team spies my e-mail, although I think none of them really cares about my messages... :-) Paul
