the Guardian, the whole world now knows that digital
communication is monitored and logged by various
intelligence agencies. But even common criminals are also
interested in your communication: Cyber-Gangsters use stolen
identities to scam other users for money, however there are
options to protect your Email contents from strangers and at
the same time to ensure that the origin of your mails can be
verified.
The magic word is Certificate
Setting up a secure Email communication is every easy with
Thunderbird. The OpenSource Email client supports all major
Email services such as Google, Microsoft and GMX and allows
you to even set up local service providers. With the help of this
program, you can also easily integrate free mail certificates
from providers such as Comodo, WISeKey or StartCom. These
certificates identify you as a genuine source for your mail
partner and also facilitate receiving encrypted mails. Using this
certificate you can create a private and public key. You can use
the private key to decipher messages which your mail partner
has previously hidden against authorised users. With the help
of your public key, the mail client of the recipient automatically
verifies the authenticity and validity of the certificate
embedded in your mail with the company which has issued it.
Your public key is automatically transmitted with every
certified mail.
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