Secure, Web-based E-mail

Posted by Hemos on Friday May 14, 1999 @12:51AM from the throw-away-the-hotmail-account dept.

Cal Godot writes "I've come across this interesting company, HUSMAIL.COM, that provides secure, encrypted, web-based email. They're pretty new, still working out a few kinks, and want people to take a look. (Bug reports should be sent to bugs@hushmail.com, by the way.) The URL is https://www.hushmail.com The whole thing works via a Java applet, and requires the latest-greatest web browsers. Source code is also availible. It's all built around public/private key encryption, using a 1024-bit Diffie-Helman scheme. "

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Hummm..... by A+well+known+coward · 1999-05-13 20:24 · Score: 5

I tried to set-up an account just to see what they're all about. For a company that is so interested in the users' privicy, they sure ask you a lot of personal questions. For example, why would they need to know people's income?

BTW, what are the chances of /. running a email redirecting service? I wouldn't mind paying 50 bucks or so to support /. while getting an "@slashdot.org" address. :)