"Carnivore really underscored that there was an urgent need for everyone to have their e-mail encrypted," said Rick Gordon, president and chief executive officer of ChainMail. Though he insists he is not anti-FBI, he said allowing the agency to scan personal . . .
"Carnivore really underscored that there was an urgent need for everyone to have their e-mail encrypted," said Rick Gordon, president and chief executive officer of ChainMail. Though he insists he is not anti-FBI, he said allowing the agency to scan personal e-mail can be dangerous. "Government agencies have a history of misusing the power they've been given," Mr. Gordon said. The Antivore software, whose formal name is Mithril Secure Server, can be downloaded by Internet service providers. The ISPs use the software to encrypt users' e-mail messages.

As a result of the Carnivore flap, ChainMail decided to offer the program free as a public service. Mr. Gordon would not reveal how many times it had been downloaded, but did say it was more than 50. No one has yet downloaded the second piece of the program, which allows different ISPs to integrate encryption systems.

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