BAD NEWS :( Government amendments reinforce Big Browser

[Owen Blacker]

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At least for Hotmail, the only SSL involved is during the
authentication process -- the rest of the session is in the clear.  As
for my other webmail accounts, they are all 100% cleartext...


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Owen Blacker
Senior Internet Developer and InfoSec Consultant, pres.co
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From: David Howe [mailto:DHowe@Hawkswing.demon.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 3:26 PM
To: UK Crypto
Subject: Re: BAD NEWS :( Government amendments reinforce Big Browser


> So the email is safe (so we are told), but the HTTP clickstream is
as this
> noble Lord was previously reported as saying in Hansard. So they
cannot
read
> your email withou warrant, but they can chase it's route and look at
the
> headers.
Hmm. it's lucky that online Email tends to be HTTPS then yes?

[deletia]

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