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Privacy / Security

The information used by Sp@m C@tcher is held in a database on a web server.

Your password to Sp@m C@tcher is encrypted before being saved in the database. This is done using a well-known encryption method known as 'MD-5', which is a 'one-way function'. That means it cannot be un-encrypted.

Additionally, each of your POP passwords is encrypted before being saved to the database. For the technically interested, I use the Twofish algorithm, a variation of Blowfish. The key is a unique 16-character string, and after some additonal manipulation results in a 32-character string, which is saved to the database.

The data that makes up each 'friendly' list is held in a unique file in a different area of the server. This file is only accessible to you.

When you manage your POP data, the password to each account is not displayed, in the event someone is 'shoulder cruising'. If you add or modify an existing POP entry you MUST enter the password, otherwise it will be left blank, and you will not be able to get mail for that account.

While Sp@m C@tcher can be used as a way to check your mail when you are not at home, it is strongly advised you do not do so from any public terminals, such as those found in libraries, cafes, etc. If you must access Sp@m C@tcher this way, first check to see if you can clear the browser memory cache. Some public sites are configured against this. If you can do this, clear the browser memory cache after you are finished and close it down if possible.

Amer Neely will not knowingly divulge, sell, trade, or otherwise make available to anyone, any information supplied or provided by clients to Amer Neely. Period.


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