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Sending unencrypted email has been compared to sending a post card - anyone can read it. That works fine for some types of messages: "Having a fine time. Wish you wre here."
Other messages require can have consequences and require more discretion: "I believe congressman Cunning is taking kick backs from Halitosis Corporation. Can you investigate?"
Our goal is to examine the requirements for various levels of communication security and the tools, methods and services available to meet them.
Some people will say, "I don't need this, I have nothing to hide." Really? How about your credit card numbers, salary, medical history, and social security number? Needing to keep secrets does not imply that you are doing anything immoral or illegal. In fact, it may imply the opposite. Perhaps you need to send an anonymous tip to the police about the meth lab you discovered next door without the possibly violent neighbors knowing who outed them.
Or perhaps, you are in the middle of some very sensitive business transaction that the competition is trying hard to learn about.
There can be many reasons of a romantic, financial or political nature that require communications be kept private. Read Phil Zimmermann's "Why I Wrote PGP" for more reasons to protect your privacy.
Some secrets, if revealed, would cause minor inconvenience or embarassment. For example, if your wife uncovered your plans for her surprise birthday party, there would be no serious repercussions. However, if the identity of your undercover agent inside a people smuggling ring were made known, someone might die. Different levels of discretion are appropriate.
There are two types of security related to email:
Security of the Message:
If you need to use email to discuss a legal case with your lawyer, you want to ensure that noone else can listen in. You may be concered that the email might be read by someone at your office or his, or maybe even someone in the middle is monitoring your mail. For this type of security, strong encryption is the answer.
Encrypted email is relatively easy to implement. Your best choice may be to download the Enigmail PGP pluggin to you email client. You can then exchange keys with those with whom you share sensitive communications.
Encrypted email can also be cryptographically signed. This ensures the recipient that it came from the person it claims it came from and that it has not been tampered with along the way.
A secure email service such as Sub Rosa can also add significantly to your email privacy.
Security of the Sender:
If you need to send a message, such as an anonymous tip to law enforcement or, someone in you office, you need anonymous email. The goal is to protect your identity from the receiver and any intermediary that might be monitoring email.
In this case you need anonymous email. See our products page for a partial listing of free and commercial services or, use our free NoName mixmaster interface.
This website will try to provide all you need to know about the practical aspects of communications security or point you to other internet resources. In addition, please see our books section for off-line study material.
2008 March 30:
The domain ProtectedSpeech.us is now available as an address
for users of our Sub Rosa
Private Email subscription service.
2008 February 17:
Novo Ordo announces Sub Rosa
Private Email, our new secure email subscription service.
2008 January 13:
Novo Ordo announces NoName
Free Anonymous Email, its first product offering.
2008 January 05:
Novo Ordo moves its servers to Panama in preparation
for new product offerings.
2007 November 10:
Novo Ordo begins alpha testing anonymous email service.
2007 October 16:
Novo Ordo goes live!