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This article is from the Internet Personals: Advice for Gay Men FAQ, by Fred Young nssf@greatwildwest.net and Dean Esmay esmay@syndicomm.com with numerous contributions by others.

2.7 What about e-mail privacy?

I'm assuming you are using a personal e-mail account. There are
many legal and ethical implications in using your employers'
e-mail account for personal messages, and neither Dean Esmay nor
myself is qualified to discuss here.

It was brought to my attention that certain Internet Service
Providers regularly monitor e-mail for security reasons. In any
case, open (un-encrypted) communications over the Internet should
not be considered secure anyways.

You might consider using and encourage others to use PGP(tm) to
protect your privacy. Visit the following sites for details:

Network Associates, Inc.
http://www.pgp.com

The International PGP Home Page
http://www.pgpi.org

My PGP public keys are at http://www.greatwildwest.net/nssf/pgp

 

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