Who Can Read Your E-Mail?

February, 1999

Who Can Read Your E-Mail?Let's say you have just finished a sensitive letter--one detailing company secrets or one giving the blow-by-blow account of an illicit romance, for example. And you're about to send it off by e-mail. A troubling thought occurs to you: Can someone eavesdrop on this e-mail?Of course they can.Ask Oliver North, who conducted much of Iran-contra via e-mail, no doubt patting himself on the back for not writing anything down on paper but unaware that White House e-mail traffic...