Re: A secure, trustworthy Win XP compitable encryption program with GUI interface?

From: machine99 (please_at_no.spam)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:08:57 +0100

> > I have family abroad in the US and want to transmit sensible information
> > like family letters, photos, CC numbers, WU numbers, passwords and so
on.
> >
> These items are "Private and Personal" rather than Secret.
> The NSA will not be interested, unless you are a member of
> Al Qaeda. Use PGP and it will set its spam filters to ignore
> you. Use a non-civilian encryption and the FBI may get
> suspicious.
>
> Andrew Swallow

Just curious, why do they ignore PGP?

The two programs I mentioned are they merely 'snake-oil'?

Sorry for asking like that but I really don't know much about it, I have
read the FAQs though :)

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