While in general I agree with what you've said in this thread Robert, I do want to present one small ray of hope. At my last job we dealt with a great deal of "sensitive" information (usually time sensitive, i.e., it would be released eventually but needed to be "just right" first) and being the dreaded "technologist in a managerial role" I strongly advocated the use of PGP in preference to other methods of "secure" communication for the obvious reasons (availability, cost, etc.). Once the IT department signed off, I actually started sitting with my colleagues and walking them through the process of generating keys, integrating with outlook, etc.
Then the fun part, I started sending people encrypted stuff. This often required another round of walking people through the process, but eventually it became sort of accepted, and generally (although sometimes grudgingly) acknowledged as a Good Idea. When I got my first unsolicited encrypted item in the mail, I knew I that progress was being made. :) It's probably worth noting that this was a technology-friendly workplace, and before I arrived there was already a culture of acceptance for things like encrypted chat, etc. But my point is, it's not all bad news "out there." hope this helps, Doug _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
