>>> The big problem I can see, for most people in this situation, is going >>> to be email. They're very likely to be using unencrypted POP3 and open >>> SMTP that at best is doing POP3 before SMTP. So a) they've just lost >>> their POP3 password. and b) the SMTP server is an open relay from that >>> location for a period of time which might be 24 hours. >>> >>> So what to do?
Webmail over https maybe? A lot of ISPs support that for their customers. And really, it's not all that difficult for an ISP to provide something more secure. If enough customers ask for SSL email, they'll get the hint! >> PGP, kerberos > > I'm all in favour of using PGP to sign the messages and occasionally to > encrypt them. But I don't see how this secures sending and receiving. And > hence the two issues I raised above. Hushmail is another option. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
