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Technology Stocks : Web Desktops, Web Applications, Thin Client

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To: Jay Lowe who wrote (8)12/2/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton  Read Replies (2) of 68
 
<Your information is completely private to you subject to the technology ... currently, the links to existing desktop services are not SSL-secure or otherwise encrypted as far as I can see ... and their service policies disclaim any responsibility.>

Let me correct you here. NuoMedia.com employs 40-bit encryption both upstream and downstream when saving and opening files through out office apps. Even without such security measures, it is not easy to capture the data midstream.

Taken from "The Future of Computing,"

Take a realistic view of safety and security. A physical mailbox offers practically no barrier to theft, yet the world relies on it for the vast majority of its sensitive materials. NuoMedia employs 40-bit, bi-directional encryption - far harder to break than practically any physical barrier currently in common use for sensitive data. Several decades ago, many middle class lay persons were skeptical of banks and would prefer to keep money under a mattress rather than in a professionally managed financial institution. NuoMedia is managed by experienced, professional technicians who are much more adept at security and data maintenance than the lay person. Not more than 2 decades ago, the average person was wary of putting money in an ATM machine, for fear of security breaches. The mere thought of such a fear now seems ludicrous. Remote computing is here, now;

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