[BNM] Emailing 'sensitive' data...

[Chris Adams]

aha - ok.... slightly!

Wayne Douglas wrote:
> that's what i thought
> 
> hense they have become known accross the land as shitehosts/fastshite - 
> whatever.
> 
> in fairness - it is slightly less likely to be intercepted as an image 
> is harder to intercept and read programmatically  -slightly.
> 
> w://
> 
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Chris Adams <chris at pynto.com 
> <mailto:chris at pynto.com>> wrote:
> 
>     is the image not as interceptable as text ina an email then?
> 
>     Wayne Douglas wrote:
>      > fastshite does it by sending  an image as an attachment with the
>     password in
>      > the png.
>      >
>      > w://
>      >
>      > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:01 AM, David Andrew
>     <david.andrew at gmail.com <mailto:david.andrew at gmail.com>>wrote:
>      >
>      >> send username by email and password as a sms text could be a
>     solution.
>      >>
>      >> 2009/6/5 Chris Adams <chris at pynto.com <mailto:chris at pynto.com>>:
>      >>> Hello all bnmers!
>      >>> I have a query about sending sensitive data & general feedback
>     would be
>      >>> very much appreciated...
>      >>> For most of our clients we tend to email out username &
>     password details
>      >>> for email accounts, ftp etc - is this acceptable? How likely is
>     it that
>      >>> this could be intercepted and then maliciously used? Anyone got any
>      >>> better, more secure ways of doing this?
>      >>> Enjoy your Friday.... lets hope we have another lovely weekend of
>      >>> sunshine ;]
>      >>> Cheers,
>      >>> Chris
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