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Date: | Sun, 7 Feb 1999 22:29:42 -0500 |
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I am certain that with improved encription technology concern over possible
third party intercepts will diminish and eventually disappear. No method
of communication is fool proof, but Internet based e-mail may be more
vulnerable because messages, at least in theory, may pass through a number
of non secure links.
At 11:54 AM 2/7/99 -0600, Kelly Pierce wrote:
>On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, L. A. MENDEZ wrote:
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>> However, I am cautions with e-mails due to the non secure nature
>of most
>> web traffic. Third party intercepts of messages could prove extremely
>> damaging to a client due to the potential loss of privilege.A
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>While this is possible, I wonder how often this happens. I have not
>received someone else's e-mail by mistake. I wonder if anyone else has.
>However, every few weeks, I receive postal mail for people on my block in
>error. Shared fax machines can pose their own problems too. No
>communication is fail safe.
>
>kelly
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