[GRLUG] Exchange Replacement Opportunity
L. V. Lammert
lvl at omnitec.net
Wed Feb 12 12:40:17 EST 2014
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Dave Chiodo wrote:
> Not really. By transmitting your information over any unencrypted Internet
> link, you are in effect "giving" it to any/all the same people that you are
> paranoid that google might give it to.
>
Not quite, .. for two reasons:
* By always using SSL encryption, there is at some level of security;
and
* With the BILLIONS of links concurrently on the 'Net at any instant,
sniffing one conversation spread across multiple NAPs is a LOT more
complicated than receiving a data dump from
Google/Yahoo/AOL/ATT/Charter, et al.
> However, you make your choices, I'll make mine.
>
As do we all.
Thanks!
Lee
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