If you think that saying “bomb” in your email is a bad idea, try passing an encrypted message. Morons!
Short of sitting together in the middle of a public park on a windy day while covering your mouth with a hand, it is better to email in plain text than it is to email in military grade ElGamal, DSA, RSA, AES, 3DES, Blowfish, Twofish, CAST5, MD5, SHA-1, RIPE-MD-160 and TIGER.
Come on, hiding is plain site is the only way of keeping anything secure. Use code words, they’re much better and impossible to filter for… unless you’re a moron and choose anything that has been used in a rap song, by your drug-dealer friends, in a mob movie, or on the Sopranos, chowder head.
The moment anyone knows you’ve got something to hide is the moment you’re getting cracked.
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Sometimes it is necessary.
It is only necessary if you have something truly secret to convey and it isn’t illegal or untoward. Like in the case of spycraft or espionage. But if you’re doing it routinely just to shove it to the man, you’re just bringing attention to yourself.