Saturday, November 20, 2010

Project- Secure E-mail

Article- Why Facebook's "social inbox" may not be right for business

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently launched a new communications idea. He is creating a communications account that is linked to peoples Facebook. This account can include email, IM, text messaging, and other forms of contact. This "social inbox" groups all forms of your communication with a person. Facebook also knows who your friends are, so it filters out a lot of spam and junk mail. This article is warning that this might not be a good idea for business communications. After all, Facebook and this particular idea targets the youth. Business transactions need to be more secure. Facebook has a track record of privacy issues. Businesses need to stick to secure email providers.

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