In our always connected world email continues to be in important tool of communication and in accomplishing things. But I don't know that people really understand how email works.
The way I think about email is it's like a postcard being sent through the mail. Also there is carriers can look at your postcard and read it and the even stop it from progressing but they normally don't. Everywhere that postcard goes the person touching it can flip it over and see what you sent. They can even add to that if they wanted to. Can't really take away from it unless they tear it apart. But it's an open bit of communication. This is how I think of an email.
When you type up an email and hit send your email goes from your computer or the webpage where you do email to an email server and then that email server forwards it on to another email server until it gets to the server that has been addressed. If you address@gmail.com the email will go a couple hops maybe even just one hop to the Google servers and then be made available to Gmail account. If it goes to a business account or business site then that email gets handed from server to server intelligence to that server that businesses server and then it's made available to the person that loves and with that email address account. If you run a small personal server like I do I could be several hops to get to it. But that's what the Internet is made of-servers all interconnected and sharing the burden of moving data around.
So an email that you send with your bank account number and your password on how to login can basically be read by anybody that has access to the servers that that email passes through. Most people managing servers don't sit there and read the emails passing through their fingers by some do. Some save copies and then review them later for keywords like password or ID or account number. As I have to be careful sending an email with the personal information. It might be better to break that up at the two or multiple emails or better yet don't send the account information at all. Texting is a little bit better but not much. Better to do voice although since were all using cell phones that can be plucked out of the air but most people are monitoring cell phone frequencies and can't really track them as they switch from tower to tower.
I guess what I'm trying to get out his email is a wonder of communication but is open for people to read. Another word for that is to have.
So be careful out there! Email is awesome and can create a personal touch with people but it's also open can be used grab information is imposed by.
I love modern technology!
