From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: [OT] s/mime / mail encryption Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:47:10 +0000 Message-ID: <4EB8FA9E.4050109@wilkesley.net> References: <87ehxqc6y6.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: ian@manor-farm.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49251) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNiHW-00062i-3i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:47:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNiHU-0007xD-P1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:47:50 -0500 Received: from mail.ian-barton.com ([109.74.196.44]:38537 helo=li40-130.members.linode.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNiHU-0007tV-Jt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:47:48 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.133] (unknown [217.146.125.41]) (Authenticated sender: lists@wilkesley.net) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B0B8F41B24 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:47:28 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 03/11/11 18:02, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: > Thank you for sharing your experiences guys, > > I only started thinking about this recently, when I had to send some > documents to a banker. The issue is that I'm sure most bankers are not > internet-savvy, they might not even know how to download something from > a website (the alternative would be to put the docs in a SSL-protected > URL with http basic auth). So in order to complete the transaction I had > to send the documents via email anyway. Noth > Unfortunately, you don't have any control over what they do with the encrypted document once they have received it. In all likleyhood they decrypt it and leave it in plain text on their hard drive. Or more likely print it out and stick it to their screen next to the PostIt note with their login password:) Ian.