| We're often tempted to think that
our email is private, and that communications within our
emails are kept between the sender and the recipient.
However, in reality email is more like a postcard, and
information contained in the email is difficult at best
to keep confidential. Not only is it not secure and
confidential, but often times it is easily manipulated
to fool or deceive the recipient.
Below are some tips and suggestions
on how to keep your correspondence and email as secure
as possible.
Be very wary of attachments.
Simply knowing the sender isn't
enough these days to guarantee that an attachment is
safe. Some viruses replicate themselves by sending
copies of themselves through email, either coming
directly from the senders email address, or more often
by "spoofing" an email address by masking its true
identity and sending itself through a public or unsecure
mail server. Still others are sent simply because the
sender isn't aware the file is infected, or isn't as
vigilant as they should be on scanning their computer
for viruses and keeping their virus scan software up to
date.
Of course, we also do want to
receive attachments from time to time, so use the
following tips when you receive an attachment.
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