Comments on: Easy Email Encryption

By: Dee J

Dee J — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:55:55 +0000

Well, I had a free account but forgot pass phrase and asked them if I called them and gave them my info, could I get back in since I wanted to use the same email address. They said No Way. I think it’s ridiculous but after reading other articles about them, it’s just as well I decided not to get
another hushmail account.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:50:52 +0000

I am a long time Hushmail user. However I have switched to Countermail.com. There are huge differences between the two services, mainly:

* CM stores ALL mails in encrypted format. Hush only stores incoming and outgoing encrypted mails in encrypted format. All other mails are stored in cleartext.
* CM does not log IP addresses. Ever. Hush logs up to 30 months.
* CM lets you store you PGP-key yourself if you want to
* CM offers true Man-In-The-Middle protection whereas Hush does not.
* CM is located in Sweden. Swedish laws does not permit warrants for forcing an email-provider to cooperate to eavesdrop on an account. Hush is located in Canada and is subject to their laws and also US law because of the mutual legal treaty. Canadian law permits warrants that forces an email provider to eavesdrop on its clients.

There are many other reasons for switching to Countermail.

Hushmails advantages are that their new interface is much nicer and they are cheaper. Thats it.

By: Police Search Cell Phones On Massive Scale

Police Search Cell Phones On Massive Scale — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:27:49 +0000

[...] as much of your phone as possible. This can be very tricky because encrypted emails, secure text messaging, storing encrypted files, and anonymous web surfing are more difficult on [...]

By: john silver

john silver — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:09:27 +0000

I would say that we should mention too Thunderbird (http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/) on the base that it facilitates a lot the implementation of GNU privacy machine. You will love it.

By: John

John — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:53:44 +0000

I and would not use Hushmail for any sensitive or confidential emails. I highly recommend that everyone use and learn encryption like PGP to encrypt their emails, files and hard drives. I use IronKey to secure my sensitive work files when transporting files and when surfing the Internet using free Wifi hotspots.

http://net-security.org/review.php?id=216

By: Bill Rounds J.D.

Bill Rounds J.D. — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:46:29 +0000

Josh, thanks for the update.
Since this article was first published, Hushmail has released some information to authorities under subpoena. Hushmail is still a great tool for a couple of reasons.
1) No Warrantless Wiretapping – Encrypted email service like Hushmail prevent snoopers from reading emails sent around the internet. This includes warrantless snooping from the government. To get a subpoena there must be a case actually filed against a defendant.
2) Increases Cost Of Law Enforcement – Prosecutors have a limited budget to pursue a case. Document review costs money, subpoena’s cost money, subpoena’s to a foreign country cost even more money. The more money that has to be spent to pursue a case against you, the harder it is for prosecutors to be successful. It is a simple economic reality that Hushmail can help contribute to your success.
3) Easy to Use – Hushmail is extremely easy so people will still benefit from the service even though it would not prevent discovery in the event of legal action.
GnuPG is a great resource too. If Hushmail is not good enough, I would say take the time to learn it and use it.

Thanks Josh,

Bill

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:48:41 +0000

Hushmail is notoriously insecure. They will gladly hand over all your emails (even those which were supposedly “deleted”) to the authorities when subpoenaed to do so. Hushmail also has the encryption keys so they will hand those over too. Instead people should rely on GnuPG (www.gnupg.org) to secure their emails. GnuPG can be used with any email service and Jabber/XMPP instant messaging.

By: Alex Kozinski and Vehicle Tracking Devices

Alex Kozinski and Vehicle Tracking Devices — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:25:28 +0000

[...] the vehicle before driving it. To prevent government intrusions in other ways, use encryption to encrypt emails, prepaid cell phones, anonymous web surfing, and lots of other tools. These all keep the [...]

By: Are Subscribers To This Website At Risk Of Reverse Email Lookup?

Are Subscribers To This Website At Risk Of Reverse Email Lookup? — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:28:43 +0000

[...] to thwart a reverse email lookup is to use encrypted, anonymous email based outside of the US, like Hushmail, in conjunction with using other encryption and proxy servers to log on and send [...]

By: Secure WiFi Connections

Secure WiFi Connections — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:29:45 +0000

[...] unsophisticated and easy to do, therefore it is very likely to happen. Things like logging into email, online banking and anything else that might require you to use a password are the most risky [...]

By: Bill Rounds J.D.

Bill Rounds J.D. — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:46:14 +0000

I really am referring to Hushmail, not Hotmail or anything else like that, I just don’t want Echelon to know that I am a trouble maker! Maybe I should have used different alternate spellings like Hu$hmail, #ushmail, Hushm@il or Hushma!l.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000

And this author is a lawyer??!! I’d hate to have him draw up a legal document for me if he can’t get things spelled properly, yikes.

By: Bill Vterbias

Bill Vterbias — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:37:35 +0000

It’s spelled “Husmail” and “Hushmail” here at least a couple of times apiece. Maybe it’s actually Hotmail the writer’s referring to.

By: Rosa

Rosa — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:17:12 +0000

Interesting, but all the alternating between “Hushmail” and “Husmail” is annoying, ie the very first word in the article.