anonymous@openpgp.net wrote:
A start-up is set to release a novel messaging service that lets people send heavily encrypted email directly to each other, a development that could be a boon for privacy advocates but a headache for law enforcement authorities.
AbsoluteFuture.com of Bellvue, Wash., has dubbed its service "SafeMessage," describing it as a "direct messaging" service that transmits messages from party to party without the use of a central server.
[...snip...] So you avoid using an email server by...
To use SafeMessage, a person signs on to the program with an ID and password, similarly to an >email client. When typing the recipient, the person sends the contact to AbsoluteFuture's server, which locates the recipient online and allows the sender to send the message directly to the recipient.
...using an email server! How clever. Ken