Are emails really secure from the public? Can it really become more secure? Emails are a means of communication around the world; however, email was not designed with security or privacy in mind. According to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, many efforts have been made to make email more secure, but lack of email security suffers collateral damage (Duncan, 2013). Email is more susceptible to spam and other messages that can cause a virus to enter a computer. Although emails were not created to be secure, a person can increase their email security by keeping emails private from others, using a secure password different from that of other sites, or using secure connections whenever possible. an email can lead to serious consequences for the owner. One of the major problems with the Internet is that the Internet is an open network. Information on the Internet can circulate in a readable format (securityinabox). An important factor in ensuring email security is encryption. For example, email encryption generates two different types of encoding: encryption, which is public, and decryption, which is private to each user. Encryptions are safes that protect a person's privacy. Encryptions can transform emails that can be decrypted with a key and then send them to someone else if they have the same key (Klosowski, 2013). Another factor in email security is the Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ISP is the company or organization that provides the links to the Internet. For example, the ISP is the first recipient of an email message because it starts with the recipient (securityinabox). Additionally, the recipient's ISP is the last place an email message passes through before delivery. ...... middle of paper ......Email and Ray Tomlinson. About.com Inventors. Retrieved April 3, 2014 from http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/email.htm Duncan, G. (August 24, 2013). Here's why your email isn't secure and likely will stay that way. Digital trends. Retrieved April 9, 2014, from http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/can-email-ever-be-secure/#!DnaXjKlosowski, T. (September 19, 2013). How to make your entire Internet life more secure in one day. Life hacker. Retrieved April 9, 2014, from http://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-your-entire-internet-life-more-secure-in-on-1348598911Secure Connections: How Secure Are They?. (nd). securelist.com. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204791929/Secure_connections_how_secure_are_they#typesSecure your email. (nd). Safety in a box. Retrieved April 9, 2014 from https://securityinabox.org/en/chapter_7_1