Snapchat is not totally secure (http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/tech/social-media/snapchat-hack/). There are other tools available where the service provider does not store passwords or keys, and therefore, cannot be the source of a breach (Absio, Wickr, etc.).
This sounds good in theory, but most law firms do not use any form of encryption for their email or data storage, so it is not that difficult for a hacker to get into your lawyers server and steal your information.
How do you know a conversation is private? You know who you are talking to and you know others cannot eavesdrop.
Phil Zimmerman, a foremost expert on email security, says: Email that uses standard Internet protocols cannot have the same security guarantees that real-time communication has. There are far too many leaks of information and metadata intrinsically in the email protocols themselves. Email as we know it . . . cannot be secure.
The reason...email was never designed for confidential communications.
Most email providers only encrypt your digital information while it is in transit (and this encryption is fairly easy to defeat). The problem is that your data spends most of its life in storage completely unprotected. If your email service providers have access to your password, they can view and share your information as they fit. Even most secure email providers only encrypt your messages some of the time, and can read your emails and attachments. There is no expectation of privacy when using public email systems such as Gmail, and likely never will be. Their livelihood depends on being able to read your email. Email also allows anonymous users and is routed through multiple servers across multiple domains, making it impossible to know if and by whom email is intercepted, or even who is on the other end of the line.
I work for a company called Absio that has developed a new digital communications protocol that enables the first truly confidential alternative to email for messages and files that need to remain confidential. Unlike Ãoesecureà email providers, Absio does not have centralized access to passwords, keys or metadata related to your email. Each message and attached file is individually encrypted with its own key on your device before they are sent over an encrypted Internet connection to the Absio servers. Absio does not have access to your encryption keys, and does not have an alternate decryption key. This means Absio does not have the ability to decrypt messages or attachments, not even a subject line. Absio cannot see or share decrypted information, because Absio never has it.
Our first application is called Absio Dispatch. When using Absio Dispatch, messages and attachments are automatically stored in encrypted form on your personal devices. Absio Dispatch transmits your encrypted data through an encrypted connection, and encrypts all metadata except for the Absio ID (like an email address) to whom the message is going. There is no spam, because your Absio Dispatch application can only receive messages from the list of trusted contacts you designate. The only people you need to trust with your data are you and the trusted contacts who receive your messages.
We strongly believe that digital information is private property and carries all the rights and obligations that are associated with other forms of property, and all individuals deserve for their personal information to remain private.
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Snapchat is not totally secure (http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/tech/social-media/snapchat-hack/). There are other tools available where the service provider does not store passwords or keys, and therefore, cannot be the source of a breach (Absio, Wickr, etc.).
This sounds good in theory, but most law firms do not use any form of encryption for their email or data storage, so it is not that difficult for a hacker to get into your lawyers server and steal your information.
How do you know a conversation is private? You know who you are talking to and you know others cannot eavesdrop. Phil Zimmerman, a foremost expert on email security, says: Email that uses standard Internet protocols cannot have the same security guarantees that real-time communication has. There are far too many leaks of information and metadata intrinsically in the email protocols themselves. Email as we know it . . . cannot be secure. The reason...email was never designed for confidential communications. Most email providers only encrypt your digital information while it is in transit (and this encryption is fairly easy to defeat). The problem is that your data spends most of its life in storage completely unprotected. If your email service providers have access to your password, they can view and share your information as they fit. Even most secure email providers only encrypt your messages some of the time, and can read your emails and attachments. There is no expectation of privacy when using public email systems such as Gmail, and likely never will be. Their livelihood depends on being able to read your email. Email also allows anonymous users and is routed through multiple servers across multiple domains, making it impossible to know if and by whom email is intercepted, or even who is on the other end of the line. I work for a company called Absio that has developed a new digital communications protocol that enables the first truly confidential alternative to email for messages and files that need to remain confidential. Unlike Ãoesecureà email providers, Absio does not have centralized access to passwords, keys or metadata related to your email. Each message and attached file is individually encrypted with its own key on your device before they are sent over an encrypted Internet connection to the Absio servers. Absio does not have access to your encryption keys, and does not have an alternate decryption key. This means Absio does not have the ability to decrypt messages or attachments, not even a subject line. Absio cannot see or share decrypted information, because Absio never has it. Our first application is called Absio Dispatch. When using Absio Dispatch, messages and attachments are automatically stored in encrypted form on your personal devices. Absio Dispatch transmits your encrypted data through an encrypted connection, and encrypts all metadata except for the Absio ID (like an email address) to whom the message is going. There is no spam, because your Absio Dispatch application can only receive messages from the list of trusted contacts you designate. The only people you need to trust with your data are you and the trusted contacts who receive your messages. We strongly believe that digital information is private property and carries all the rights and obligations that are associated with other forms of property, and all individuals deserve for their personal information to remain private.