security of gmail

Madison Kelly linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Wed Dec 2 22:59:21 UTC 2009


Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> Madison Kelly wrote:
>> Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Now, I would have a good question for this list.
>>>
>>> As you know or not, I am now in Russia. I use normally my gmail.com 
>>> account to send and receive emails.
>>>
>>> I know almost for sure that I am followed by Russian Secret 
>>> Intelligence (heh, I am indeed somewhat oversensitive to these 
>>> issues, but I have also good confirmation that that kind of activity 
>>> if going on around). That by CIS is likely too. Not that I care much 
>>> about that, but anyway one would like sometime to be more certain 
>>> about privacy. In fact - never ever trust a government agency, and I 
>>> believe that I am right in that.
>>>
>>> So, I just wonder, to what extent gmail.com can protect me from 
>>> unwanted survillance by Russians when I actually send and receive 
>>> emails from Russia? I use gmail secure pop and smtp, but how are they 
>>> really secure? Anyone is able to comment on that?
>>>
>>> That gmail.com can be viewed with high likeness by CIS I assume as 
>>> granted.
>>>
>>> Please.
>>>
>>> zb.
>>
>> Google has caved to the Chinese before, I don't see why they'd stand 
>> up to the Russians. If you need secure communications, you are 
>> probably best to invest in your own server, preferably outside Russia, 
>> and use a secure connection to it.
>>
> Simple answers are often the best. Thanks Madi. I have access to a 
> "secure" place. Though there is of course never an entirely "secure" one...
> 
> But how about all other folks who can not do what I could do?
> 
> zb.

If they're smart, they won't use email for anything sensitive. :)

Madi
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