Tom says, >... They even say that your information is "safe": > "Your personal life is safe with us. Many advanced security >... > Although these services are free, I believe that the phrase "Trust no one" > applies in these cases. actually, one of the services we hope to see happen using proactive security is a really secure and reasonably trusted archive/vault service. That is, the service will have several operators cooperating, and you can be sure it is secure as long as most of them are not broken - and are honest - during each period (say week). So all may be broken into or become dishonest as long as not at the same period... If anyone would like to implement such a system for experimental / nonprofit use, we'll be glad to help with our technolgy and knowledge (for free of course). Best, Amir for more info see the proactive security homepage at http://www.hrl.il.ibm.com/proactive