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Group Warns Against E-Mail Wiretap
By D. Ian Hopper
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001; 1:58 a.m. EST

WASHINGTON -- Before you forward that private message from your boss to
several co-workers, consider the possibility that he may hear about it.
Thanks to a newly publicized security hole in major e-mail programs, your
outgoing messages may be tapped.

Makers of the two of the most popular consumer e-mail applications scrambled
to deal with the problem Monday, telling their customers how to protect
themselves.

Using a small piece of invisible programming code in an e-mail message, an
e-mail's original sender can get copies every time the message is forwarded,
including the comments added to the message by its recipients.

This e-mail wiretap could be used to get off-color remarks from company or
governmental officials, or used by a spamming company to gather e-mail
addresses.


 See
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010206/aponline015827_000.ht
m for the rest of the scoop (watch the link word-wrapping)

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