Are e-mail messages secure?
No! With the exception of encrypted messages, anyone with the ability to wiretap the Internet, hack your PC or secure a court order to review e-mail messages still stored at the server or on your PC, has the technical ability to read your e-mail messages. Logs and undelivered e-mail can be subpoenaed. The bottom line is that unencrypted e-mail messages should not be used for communication transactions that require privacy. For example, you’re taking a risk when you place passwords or credit card numbers in unencrypted e-mail messages. Remember that a person receiving e-mail from you can forwarded to someone else. Our advice is not to put anything in an unencrypted e-mail message you wouldn’t want to show up on the front page of your local newspaper.
