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At the risk of being too inexact: I want to defend against all those things, although I don't think it's practical to defend against someone in his office looki
by MarkMc 14y ago
At the risk of being too inexact: I want to defend against all those things, although I don't think it's practical to defend against someone in his office looking over his shoulder or reading his screen when he gets up to make a coffee.
Using a password-protected Microsoft Word file is an option, but it's a little cumbersome because (a) I would also have to password-protect the other attachment files separately; and (b) he would have to reply with a password-protected Microsoft word file and individually password-protect any files he wants to send me.
I like the idea of an https server, but why won't my accountant be able to reply? That is, accountant clicks a link to the https site, puts in password, sees message, clicks the 'reply' button on the webpage, then I get an email saying 'click here to see your accountants reply'.
- ColinWright 14y agoWith regards defending against the NSA - I believe you have no chance. With regards the password protected Word files, yes, you would have to protected every attachment, and your accountant would have to password protect every document in the reply. But what else would you expect? With the https server, will you implement the mail package? In other words, what "Reply" button? Even then, the document will be stored in clear on the server, so whoever owns it will be able to read them. So that had better be you.