Who's been reading your e-mail? Two easy-to-use tools can protect privacy, integrity of documents
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Encryption and digital signatures provide a highly secure way to transmit sensitive material via electronic mail with little fear of interception. The most popular form of encryption is called PGP, for Pretty Good Privacy, and is available for free on computer bulletin boards and CompuServe. A version licensed for commercial use, Viacrypt, is also available. This program lets senders communicate with anyone who has issued them a key, which only the recipient can decode. Digital signatures guarantee the authenticity and unaltered status of a document.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1995
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A storehouse of resources
Article Abstract:
Information on the Internet remains poorly organized but that is changing even as the quantity increases exponentially. Internet sites of particular interest to lawyers include those run by Cornell Univ Law School and the Indiana Univ School of Law, information on law overseas rarely available in the US, and a variety of sites run by govt offices, such as the Govt Printing Office, or by private groups devoted to tracking govt sites. Many law firms also have substantial sites featuring more than just addresses and telephone numbers.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1995
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Computer bug bites judiciary: as more courtrooms go online, productivity rewards go up
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Courts are increasingly adopting technology to improve efficiency and make it possible to conduct some work outside the courtroom. Light pens and bar codes, portable computers and cellular modems, all provide benefits that the private bar has long known but courts could not afford. With good planning a court can link various automated procedures, reducing duplicated effort and paper use. Some may even start imposing a surcharge on paper filings. As the technology evolves, so do attitudes toward it.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
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