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Encrypt Mail, Address Book, and iCal data
Authored by: UberFu on Sep 24, '08 09:18:45AM

In response to your third point: Not necessarily! Although Names and phone numbers and addresses are in the "public domain" - make an attempt to track down the cell phone number of someone you know using public domain records_ Not gonna happen_ Most people I know myself use a cell phone as their primary phone line_ There is no public domain for cell phone listings_ There are a few upstart websites trying to catalog cell phone numbers with subscribers - but people can roll thru phone numbers like a cop eating doughnuts_

Myself and a couple of people I know have had the same cell phone numbers for years now - but most everyone I know has rolled thru about 4 or 5 cell phone numbers in the past 8-10 years_ that's an average of 1 number every 2 years_

Regardless - the big 4 or 5 carriers in the US [aside from that whole wire-tapping non-sense] don't typically pass out cell phone numbers to the genreral public when asked as this is usually coverd in their Corporate Privacy Policies_

the point is that if someone does get ahold of your Address Book or Mail.app content - then Yes it could cause big problems for any given person with information contained in your files_

I'm all for encrypting this type of content - but I am also in favor of transparent encryption - wehere it does it on the fly after I set it up and I don't have to worry about it every single time I send an eMail or add a Contact to my Address Book_



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