Who shot the bandit?

These days it’s hard to tell who’s out for your information, but you could and probably should assume everyone is. Your emails get sent through a lot of different servers as part of the routing process to get the mail delivered. Since we have no way to verify that these servers are not collecting information or that their owners are honest, we must take the precautions ourselves by transferring the responsibility and trust away from those who may be negligent, ignorant or malicious.

Banking institutions take security and privacy very seriously since they are scrutinized by auditors, regulators and government. Information is treated as sensitive and any information regarding a client must be either verbally communicated or if electronically transmitted, encrypted. Although the encryption and email is a closed system within their institution (encryption methods are most likely proprietary and only work on the bank’s computers and software), they still practice a high level of safeguarding information. It really goes to show you really have no idea who is listening on the other end. If the banking institutions are that worried about even their own internal people, maybe we have a greater concern for protecting our own personal business.

Here’s a way for you to communicate with others using encrypted emails. We will be using tools which are multi-platform, so there is no real worry about it not working with certain setups. It is really really simple and you will have a sound mind that the information you intended for your recipient is ready by their eyes only, and no others.

On to the guide!

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