This Email Will Self-Destruct

People who want to open email from patent attorney Andrew Currier have to know the drill. First, they must answer a predetermined question, such as “Where did we first meet?” If they answer correctly, they will then be allowed to view the contents of the email — but they can’t alter it or forward it to anyone else.

Concerned about privacy, the Toronto-based lawyer has begun using a new service that encrypts his emails and tries to keep unintended recipients from reading the contents. The tool, developed by Echoworx Corp., adds a “send secure” button to his Microsoft Outlook email program. Unlike other email-security systems Mr. Currier has tried, this one doesn’t require recipients of his emails to download any software or use the same email program.

“I really need it to be easy for the client on the other end,” says Mr. Currier, who says that leaked information could be disastrous for one of their patent applications. “People don’t appreciate just how vulnerable email is.”

View: Full Article @ Wall Street Journal

39 comments

  1. I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

  2. I don’t comment on many blogs but after reading a few of your posts I thought I would just say thanks and keep up the good work.

  3. I actually clicked your website when I did a google search for this email will self destruct… then I was kinda scared to to click it because I thought I would be bombarded by some kind of script.

    Nice choice of tilte and interesting article you have here.

  4. I came across your site while searching on MSN and have now added you to my rss reader. I Just though i should say “keep up the good work” and pass on congratulations on a job well done and great advice too!

  5. Nice info. But so complicated.
    And it is night time here. I must go to sleep.
    But i will continue reading tomorrow.
    Anyway thanks a lot for the article.

  6. Можно и подискутировать по этому поводу … 🙂

  7. А что Вы скажете, если я возьму на себя смелость утверждать, что все Ваши посты, не более чем выдумка автора?

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