Re: Available: Hushmail- fully encrypted, truly secure, free web-based e-mail client

mark@unicorn.com
Mon, 24 May 1999 04:28:51 -0700 (PDT)

Matthew Gaylor [freematt@coil.com] wrote:
>And it also mean that you can
>access your account from any computer that has a web browser and internet
>access, anywhere in the world.

Technical details of this system are hard to find on their web site, but this does explain one rather alarming comment that I saw; to support this roaming, they apparently store your private key *on their server* and download it to the web browser when you want to use it. You'd better be sure you have a damn good passphrase...

Mark