[sheflug] E-mail Encryption for Google Mail and Similar MailServices

[Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I thought someone out there might like to know about something which 
comes online in August.  Not working yet but you can register to be 
invited... ....


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freenigma - Free E-Mail Encryption for Google Mail

Hamburg 18. July 2006  Worldwide, 600 million people use webmail  
services from Google, Yahoo!, Hotmail/MSN or Web.de. Sending e-mails  
>From practically any computer is one of the most popular internet  
applications today. Webmail users send hundreds of millions of  
private and business e-mails around the globe every day.

However, a lot of uncertainty remains concerning exactly how  
confidential the contents are because the data is not only stored on  
the mail provider's system but also sent over the internet in  
unencrypted form.

Experts warn that the todays technical possibilities make it very  
easy for interested third parties to intercept and read digital  
information such as e-mails.

Now, freenigma gives webmail users back the control over their  
personal privacy and their business secrets on the internet.
Hamburg software experts freiheit.com's new, free service enables the  
encryption of e-mails in conjunction with Google Mail, Yahoo! Mail  
und Hotmail/MSN, currently the most widely used webmail services  
worldwide.  freenigma is the first encryption application that is easy 
to install  and use. Up until now, there hasn't been any comparable 
service like it anywhere in the world.

Today a large amount of private data is already being collected over  
the internet. However, people want to have control over what  
information is confidential and what is public, says Stefan Richter,  
founder of freenigma gmbh and managing director of freiheit.com  
technologies gmbh. Because encryption technology has been so  
insanely complicated for most users, we have developed a new kind of  
service with freenigma that will fundamentally change the perception  
and spread of cryptology in the future.

Based on Web 2.0 technology (Ajax), freenigma can be integrated into  
any webmail program as a Firefox extension. Google Mail, Yahoo! Mail,  
Hotmail/MSN are the first to be supported, but plug-ins are also  
planned for Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes and mobile devices.  
freenigma is platform-independent. The only requirement is a Firefox  
browser under GNU/Linux, Apple Macintosh or Microsoft Windows XP.  
Through an open application programming interface (OpenAPI), software  
developers worldwide can extend freenigma and integrate it into their  
own applications.

freenigma is being launched as a free software service available  
worldwide. The beta version of the software will be available the  
beginning of August. Anyone interested in signing up for an invitation 
to register can do so effective immediately on the website 
www.freenigma.com.

About freenigma

freenigma (www.freenigma.com) is encryption software for webmail  
services like Google Mail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail/MSN. With freenigma,  
e-mails can be kept confidential. This works by encrypting e-mails  
before they are saved and sent; they are then decrypted on the other  
end by the recipient. Werner Koch, developer of GnuPG, is the other  
founding member of freenigma.

freenigma was developed by the Hamburg software specialists  
freiheit.com technologies, who have also developed some of the  
largest e-commerce software systems in Europe for example, buch.de,  
buch.ch, bol.de, books.ch, shop.spiegel.de, Libri.de,  
travelchannel.de, Bookzilla.de, kilroytravels.com. The company works  
among others for DaimlerChrysler AG, Evotec AG, Sabre Travel Network,  
Otto (GmbH & Co KG), Gruner + Jahr AG & Co KG, Tchibo Versand GmbH, T- 
Systems GmbH and tesa AG.

For further information see www.freiheit.com or contact:

Tina Kulow
*kulow kommunikation
Phone: +49-(0)40-432 77005
Mobile: +49 (0)171-806 5496
E-Mail: tina dot kulow at freenigma dot org

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