Tracing Your Digital Footprint On The Web
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-11-27/tracing-your-digital-footprint-web
Think the contents of your Gmail account are private? Think again. The scandal that brought down former CIA Director David Petraeus is shedding new light on the privacy of personal email accounts. Investigators apparently uncovered Petraeus' extramarital affair when they traced a string of threatening emails from a Gmail account, and subsequently rooted around the inboxes of some of the most powerful people in Washington. Tech Tuesday examines the laws that govern online privacy.
Guests
Julian Sanchez
Research Fellow, Cato Institute
Orin Kerr
Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
Julia Angwin
Senior Technology Editor, The Wall Street Journal
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We notarize print documents as a way of verifying their authenticity. How does one notarize, or prove the authenticity of an email? They're easily edited by hitting the forward or reply button. thanks.
Kojo:
When you hit the 'delete' button to delete unwanted emails, are these emails really deleted forever? How long are email providers supposed to keep stuff before it is actually deleted? Or is there anything such as delete and it is totally gone. Thanks
I think they answered this on the show, but there are commercial products that can help you encrypt your email (or any data) such that it both prevents others from reading it and proves that you are the person who sent it. You can think of it as the 21st century equivalent of the old wax seals that folks used to have. Back then the wax seals were unique, so if a document was sealed with your personal wax seal, folks were reasonably confident that you sent it. Also, folks could not read the message without breaking the wax seal.
There's a little effort involved in setting up your email to be encryption capable, but once you set it up it's pretty much seamless. I'm not endorsing, but here's a link which explains one way to set it up http://lifehacker.com/180878/how-to-encrypt-your-email. Hope this helps!
--Leo