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Author: Bill Hacker
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Subject: Re: [exim] Securing Email for the prying eyes of any government
Jerry Bell wrote:

> If you are really really concerned about this and have some money to
> spend, I would recommend using Havenco. They pride themselves on being
> out of reach of governments.


They are not (out of reach).

> Certainly, it is still possible that someone
> would be able to intercept communications to them, after all, they have to
> get their Internet connections from some place.
>


Primarily the UK.....

Which requires monitoring access to all cross-border communications, per
Act of Parliament (1921, IIRC).

Bill Hacker

> Even so, requiring most or all communications to be encrypted is a prudent
> measure.
>
> Jerry
> http://www.syslog.org
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>>Marc Perkel wrote:
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>>>So - who thinks this idea will/won't work? And if it won't work - why
>>>not?
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>> Very few things are outside the reach of certain governments. It would
>>need to be secured from pillar to post.
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>> Also, there is the basic concept that if someone can create something,
>>someone else can break it. As always, you can make a task harder, but
>>never impossible.
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>>
>>Matt
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