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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 902670" data-attributes="member: 32260">It would be hard to secure the email client in a way that could include all applications needed to maintain emails. When you click the link in the email, you need a web browser to see the link content. Next, you can download a video clip, or document, or ebook, etc. So, if you want to open those files you need other applications too. The solution is a special sandbox. The &quot;Safe email account&quot; is just such a sandbox with strong execution policies. You could probably do something similar by using a highly tweaked ReHIPS sandbox. But, using&nbsp; &quot;Safe email account&quot; avoids many problems with using 3rd party sandboxes and it is stronger than most sandboxes.Using &quot;Safe email account&quot; is like using Hard_Configurator on MAX settings to sandboxing only one particular account with easy access to your emails and all required applications.I know that this idea is like introducing the seat-belts for safer driving. It is much easier to convince the novice driver to do it than someone who is used to drive without seat-belts.I have the impression that using something like &quot;Safe email account&quot; is simpler and safer than applying complex security layers, anti-ransomware applications, strong system-wide HIPS, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 902670, member: 32260"] It would be hard to secure the email client in a way that could include all applications needed to maintain emails. When you click the link in the email, you need a web browser to see the link content. Next, you can download a video clip, or document, or ebook, etc. So, if you want to open those files you need other applications too. The solution is a special sandbox. The "Safe email account" is just such a sandbox with strong execution policies. You could probably do something similar by using a highly tweaked ReHIPS sandbox. But, using "Safe email account" avoids many problems with using 3rd party sandboxes and it is stronger than most sandboxes. Using "Safe email account" is like using Hard_Configurator on MAX settings to sandboxing only one particular account with easy access to your emails and all required applications. I know that this idea is like introducing the seat-belts for safer driving. It is much easier to convince the novice driver to do it than someone who is used to drive without seat-belts. [B]I have the impression that using something like "Safe email account" is simpler and safer than applying complex security layers, anti-ransomware applications, strong system-wide HIPS, etc.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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