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How then does one handle matters that are commercially sensitive?

• TillE 13y ago
  Encrypted email (PGP) has been really easy to set up and use for about a decade now, particularly Enigmail.
  • cdjk 13y ago
    PGP would not be a good choice for this. The mail archives are still discoverable, and I imagine the decryption keys would be as well. Something closer to OTR would be a better choice. Deniability and forward secrecy are the important properties here.
• ghshephard 13y ago
  Phone calls, in person meetings. The contracts are usually privileged, so those can be shuffled around in email (the contents are still discoverable, but things like pricing are usually redacted.) At least two of the very largest deals in one company I worked for were never discussed in email, and all parties met in person, and paper (!) notes were taken. It was only once all the essential details were agreed to (Memorandum of Understanding) and hammered out, that the final details were locked down by attorneys via standard electronic means. Note, this is particularly important, if you are discussing things that might be coming close to (if not actually crossing) the lines of legality. See: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980517&slug=2751182 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=199... for details of one such meeting.
  • yuhong 13y ago
    Of course, that is only a workaround, not a fix.