Google's Gmail: The cost of free e-mail

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One Solution fro content: Javascript based encryption

It is possible to use browser side javascript to encrypt and decrypt content, see
http://pfex.sourceforge.net/ ( a non-serous encryption demo )

It should be possible to use public key encryption with inspected outgoing and incoming email gateways to ensure email content privacy.

-Incoming SMTP Email
| Incoming Gateway encrypts plaintext email
| with User's public Key
- Encrypted Email
| Gmail Web based email server
- Encrypted Email
| User's Web Brower with Javascript decrypt
| User supplies/cut-pastes private Key
- Decrypted Email only at user browser side
| User Reads and enters reply into text window
| More Javascript encrypts outgoing content
| using outgoing gateway's public key
- Encrypted Email
| Outgoing Email gateway decrypts outpoing Email
- Decrypted Email

As long as the Incoming and Outgoing email servers remain seperate,subject to inspection and undergo regular auditing, then the email stored on Gmail will remain unreadable to Google.

Posted by: David Mohring   Posted on: 04/12/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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