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		<title>All Your Instant Messages, Encrypted with OTR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/">Off-The-Record Messaging Protocol</a> is a custom tailored encryption scheme for instant messaging based on public key encryption. In addition to the standard benefits of Public Key encryption, such as proving your identity, and encrypting your communication, OTR also offers plausible deniability.

The best part of OTR Messaging Protocol is that its not just a white paper: It has support for most open IM clients. This is the standard for Instant Messaging encryption.]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/28/all-your-instant-messages-encrypted-with-otr/</link>
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		<title>Encrypt Instant Messaging from Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are worried about your company reading your instant messages, you can use <a href="https://meebo.com">https://meebo.com</a> to send them encrypted.

Click on to see how using Meebo's HTTPS service can protect you from your local network.]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/18/encrypt-instant-messaging-from-work/</link>
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		<title>The Basics of Public Key Encryption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many encryption schemes are based on Public Key Encryption, or PKI. This form of encryption is based on complex mathematics, but the basic principal is quite simple: Everybody has two Keys. 

Read on for the details of how Public Key Encryption works.]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/10/the-basics-of-public-key-encryption-in/</link>
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		<title>Federal Politics: Judd Gregg will Hurt Encryption and the Internet (updated)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government has a large input on how encryption is used in everyday life. Because a large amount of software and standards development takes place in the United States, the Federal Government controls how ubiquitous encryption technology is in a variety of ways. Congress has considered legislation ranging from preventing the distribution of software to forcing (by law) and encryption method to have a back door known to government agencies.

Compared to what has been proposed in the past, the US Government currently has a relatively laissez-faire approach.  However, the US Department of Commerce has a powerful influence on government policy in that regard. The US Commerce Secretary, as the head of that organization, will help to set US encryption-related policies. We can foresee the direction those will take by looking at Judd Gregg, President Obama's appointee for Commerce Secretary.

Read on for the full analysis!

* Update * Mr Gregg has declined to accept the cabinet position, claiming that it is "too difficult" for him.]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/09/federal-politics-judd-gregg-will-hurt-encryption-and-the-internet/</link>
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		<title>New York Times on USB Drive Encryption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's encouraging to see articles in the mainstream press on data encryption. The New York Times ran a Q&#038;A piece recently on how to encrypt USB sticks. This should be something everyone pays attention to considering how easy it is to lose those tiny USB key chain attachments.

<a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/technology/personaltech/05askk.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/technology/personaltech/05askk.html</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/06/new-york-times-on-usb-drive-encryption/</link>
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		<title>How Encryption Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HowStuffWorks has a good overview of what encryption is and how it works. It talks about symmetric key methods which are known to go back to Julius Caesar, and continues on to modern electronic encryption. If you want to get a basic idea of what encryption is and how it works, this is a good place to start.

<a HREF="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/encryption.htm">http://computer.howstuffworks.com/encryption.htm</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/05/how-encryption-works/</link>
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		<title>TrueCrypt offers Free Hard Disk Encryption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TrueCrypt offers free full-disk encryption for Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux. It lets you choose from multiple encryption algorithms. It provides multiple levels of protection; not only does it encrypt your data, but it even makes it look like no data is there at all to those without the proper access.

They have a <a HREF="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=tutorial">"Beginner's Tutorial' available</a>. And, its free.

<a HREF="http://www.truecrypt.org/">http://www.truecrypt.org/</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/04/truecrypt-offers-free-hard-disk-encryption/</link>
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		<title>Encrypt Older Versions of Outlook, Outlook Express, and Eudora</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jörn Rönnow has written a comprehensive guide to setting up GPG email encryption in Outlook, Outlook Express, and Eudora. This guide was written a while ago, but will get you started encrypting like a pro!

<a href="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d97jorn/pgp/index.html">http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d97jorn/pgp/index.html</a>

Click the subject for more details.]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/03/adding-gpg-to-older-versions-of-outlook-outlook-express-and-eudora/</link>
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		<title>Life Hacker: Add PGP Encryption to Thunderbird Email</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life Hacker posted instructions on encrypting your Mozilla Thunderbird emails using GPG. This tutorial will get you up and running quickly with Thunderbird. There's a description of what PGP is which isn't the best we've seen, so this guide might be better for more experienced encryption users who just want to get it working in Thunderbird.

<a HREF="http://lifehacker.com/software/top/how-to-encrypt-your-email-180878.php">http://lifehacker.com/software/top/how-to-encrypt-your-email-180878.php</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/02/life-hacker-add-pgp-encryption-to-thunderbird-email/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to Speak Secret!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Encryption is the way to protect yourself from bad guys on the Internet. And its easy. Most people use encryption without even knowing it. 

Speak Secret will help show you how you can use encryption, what it's good for, and point out some of the bad guys you are protecting yourself against.

Click on for the full story.]]></description>
		<link>http://speaksecret.net/2009/02/01/welcome/</link>
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