Why do people need to have encryption? Well, on the net its very easy to eaves drop on electornic communications. With a good Encryption scheme you can be sure that what you send is secure and only the intended recipient can read it.
I could ramble on about the issues. The technical info is more complex than I can explain in a short clear manner. Instead please look here for more info.
Send me your PGP public key if you'd like. rmgill@mindspring.com
Copy this into a text file or ftp it as a straight ascii file.
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