CAREFREE CRYPTO ?!
posted by:Ian Kerr // 04:15 PM // January 21, 2005 // Digital Activism and Advocacy | Digital Identity Management | TechLife
just before the winter break, a few of us from on the identity trial and cippic were contacted by folks at ciphire labs about a new crypto product that sounded too good to be true.
ciphire mail, "a new and soon-to-be-open-source application," promises strong and user-friendly e-mail authentication and encryption.
in addition to promising to release the source code, ciphire is free for individual users, nonprofit organizations and the press. it is used in conjunction with standard e-mail programs and operates almost invisibly in the background, encrypting and decrypting e-mail and digitally signing each message to confirm its source.
i have been using it, seamlessly, for about a month now and like it very much! the folks at ciphire have been very generous with us and have provided excellent service and support (though there really isn't much to support, once up and running!!)
for those who might be interested in reading further on this, check out this interesting story on ciphire in wired from yesterday.
