CNET NEWS.COM - Firm unveils encrypted free email . Web-based email, long the tool of users who want free, easily accessible email service, has a new player that lets users send and receive encrypted messages. Hush Communications today announced the debut of HushMail , a Web-based email service that uses a Java applet to encrypt and decrypt messages on senders' and recipients' computers. Users can only send encrypted messages to other HushMail accounts. The 1,024-bit encrypted messages cannot be read by anyone else, according to the company.
Users also can set up anonymous accounts.
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