No, I am not talking about how we are a bunch of Luddites (although many of us, including SCOTUS, are) or that we refuse to learn to do things
like encrypt our email (although many of us will never learn to do so).
Not exact matches
You can
encrypt your
email in Microsoft Outlook, or use a Web - based
email service with built - in encryption,
like Hushmail.
Limit the executive's communications to
encrypted channels only,
like PGP for
email, or
encrypted communications
like Wickr Pro.
This is the precise spot where «open» breaks down: you can, in fact, send
encrypted content over open protocols
like email.
He also stressed considering stronger and more varied passwords, password manager services,
encrypted email accounts
like ProtonMail, private search engines
like StartPage, and secured messaging apps
like Signal.
(b) Put the scanned image into an
encrypted file before
emailing,
like say an
encrypted PDF, or
encrypt the image file with some other software, and then send them the password in a separate
email.
A company
like Google that intercepts the contents of that
email from the
encrypted home network has, quite understandably, violated the Wiretap Act.
I
liked my idea of using Signal for brief communications, and then sending an
email with an
encrypted PDF attached to it if you need to say anything longer, or if you need to send documents.
You can send
encrypted email attachments, and if you need to do secure communication with people, you can just make sure that you trade the good passwords, the randomly generated passwords, in some other secure way,
like face to face, or using Signal, or something
like that.
Your clients are likely already using secure chat platforms
like Slack or
encrypted email platforms
like Virtru.
There are free tools
like TrulyMail, GPG, TrueCrypt which allow users to
encrypt their
email or their hard drives.
Mind you, it would make sense to
encrypt all sensitive client material that gets sent through «the tubes» whether via a file transfer system
like this or via
email.
The breach reportedly occurred during February of this year, and compromised user details
like usernames,
email addresses, and
encrypted passwords.
The
email encryption can be enabled on individual messages, and Outlook.com will even prompt you to
encrypt emails if it detects information
like social security numbers in messages.
Antivirus programs often want to monitor all your network traffic and inspect it, but they can't normally see what's happening inside an
encrypted connection,
like the one you use to access your
email, or bank, or Facebook.
Since then, we have seen
encrypted email replacements
like BitMessage, blockchain - based identity systems
like Namecoin and even entire
encrypted social networks such as Diaspora and tent.io.
Google is also partnering with companies
like Yahoo, Microsoft, and Comcast to enhance the state of
encrypted emails by submitting a new draft IETF specification that should ensure
emails are
emails are delivered through
encrypted channels only.
You can go through the admittedly cumbersome account termination process, download an
encrypted messaging app
like Signal, and sign up for Instagram with a throwaway
email address.
Hackers use links in innocent - looking
emails to download Ransomware, a malware that will
encrypt everything in your system it can find and force you to pay a ransom in a cryptocurrency to retrieve it or phish for sensitive information
like social security numbers, usernames, and passwords.