Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Security and Privacy for Non-Techies

© Carey Parker 2023

C. ParkerFirewalls Don't Stop Dragonshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9036-1_9

9. Coded Messages and Wax Seals

Carey Parker¹  

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North Carolina, NC, USA

 

Web surfing is all fine and good, but it’s mostly a solo activity. When we need to communicate with others, we turn to other methods like text messaging, email, and video chat (or perhaps something like Figure 9-1). In this chapter, I’ll help you understand how these communication mechanisms work and how best to keep them secure and private, like a king might encode his messages on parchment and enclose them with a wax seal using his signet ring.

An illustration of two women communicating ...