__/ [ Tone ] on Sunday 16 July 2006 14:47 \__
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:20:45 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> And the chances of Turtill being able to understand something like
>>> this.........................................................nil.
>>
>>It is not to be understood. The mail client or news reader
>>automatically hides it while interpreting the sequence.
>>Given your key, it is possible to say for certain if the
>>message was composed by you. It is flagged in the form of an
>>icon or some other notification type. There is no other way
>>which is reliable. That's what digital signatures are for.
>>Anybody who refuses to sign or encrypt is susceptable to
>>fraud through social engineering, e.g. someone contacts your
>>ISP or boss pretending to yourself, causing you trouble or
>>extracting key information like passwords.
>
> I doubt a man as senile as the troll Turtill is can even understand
> what you are posting here let alone use the information
I'm kind of new around here, so I can't tell apart Internet
trolls from regulars. I have been subscribed to uk.legal for
quite some time, but I rarely read it. What's that perpetual
MI5 spewage all about anyway? I guess I could set up
scoring/filters to eliminate them...
Best wishes,
Roy
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