Encrypting Web forms
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You write "e-mail transactions." If your browsers e-mail client (or whatever is your default) pops up, you can encrypt that with PGP or S/MIME (I've written on the subject -- see my Web page and see searchSecurity). I suspect you don't mean this but, rather, a Web form transaction. Most Web forms that gather information should use SSL (encryption) to transmit the data. If they do not, don't use them. You are really at the mercy of the server to which you are connected, as it has to support SSL for that particular page/form. If the server does not support SSL for that form, complain. (I assume you know this, but for others who might also be reading this -- if the little lock symbol is showing and looks "locked," it will be sent encrypted.) The bigger worry, by the way, is how well the information is protected once it gets there. See my column on this topic.
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