On Tuesday 01 May 2018 04:57:11 dep wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 1:57 AM, deloptes <deloptes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > William Morder wrote: > >> Everybody talks about encryption, but not many actually use it. And you > >> > can see why here: because encrypting all alone is like having sex all > >> > alone. Unless you do it together with others, it's just wanking. > > > > I think it is more or less about trust > > > > in my case the catalyst was reducing the data harvesting my isp can do > > from my outgoing and incoming email. there is, as various here have > > noted, little way to prevent this entirely, but it can at least be made a > > little more inconvenient. thus, when my email leaves here it is > > encrypted, as it is when it arrives. on the other end it might not be, > > between the server and those with whom i am corresponding, but that goes > > into analytics as the mail from-to some guy in switzerland. i've added > > encrypted dns requests. the goal is like putting locks on the door of > > your house: it doesn't provide absolute protection, but it makes it mor > > profitable for the bad guys to look someplace else. > > > > dep Look into using email over a secure shell. I had that running a few years ago, but since then I have gone through some changes, and it was too much trouble. However, I do know that it is possible. Of course, your email provider will still have access to some information; otherwise you couldn't use their service. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
