Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds

[rippinitup4fun]

Hushmail, a longtime provider of encrypted web-based email, markets itself by saying that "not even a Hushmail employee with access to our servers can read your encrypted e-mail, since each message is uniquely encoded before it leaves your computer."

But it turns out that statement seems not to apply to individuals targeted by government agencies that are able to convince a Canadian court to serve a court order on the company.

Source:

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai.html

[Tenth]

Even though they have spilled the beans I still think that they offer a descent free email for those that need a little more privacy than the average site offers.

[Thants]

Sounds like using the java option is just a bit safer then using the https, but I still wouldn't discuss my murder plans over this.

[lukee]

tons of RLS groups use hushmail. :\