CDR: Re: New email could confound law enforcement
Ken Brown
k.brown at ccs.bbk.ac.uk
Mon Sep 25 04:15:23 PDT 2000
anonymous at 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
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