hi g_wolfman
thanks for the reply. As far a Microsoft and Apple helping things, I have a suggestion. They both have to take the lead in supporting easy encryption built standard into the operating system.
Apple has a good system by using the encrypred disk image, but it's not supported in Windows. Earier versions of the zip command in the Mac OS gave an error when double-clicking a zip file, and had to be decrypted with the command line.
Truecrypt and PGP are both cross-platform, but someone has to go out and get them and install them. Many people working in an office environment simply aren't going to do that. And, as for S/MIME, it's very difficult to try to explain to someone about using digital certificates.
I deal with casual computer users all of the time, both Windows and Mac, and I already have to be a pain in the *** as it is. My accountant sends me my tax return unencrypted in email. Loan brokers want all sorts of confidential data and faxing seems to be the only way to have a modicum of security. I wish I didn't have to give confidential information to people who aren't versed in computer security, but I simply do.
I'm just saying that if there were a standard with good quality encryption that was easy to use, and installed as *standard* on both Windows and Mac, so that I wouldn't have to talk someone into installing a third party solution. A package, like a zip file but with a more modern algorithm, that could be double clicked on either operating system and a password entered that I sent through text message, would go a long way for me.
That's where Apple and Microsoft could help.
