-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 January 10th 2010 in gnupg-users@gnupg.org thread "Web of Trust itself is the problem"
>Crypto is not like this. Sure, you don't need to understand Feistel >networks or large number theory in order to use crypto, but look at >what you *do* need to understand: [...] Is good if you know that, you will use the crypto better but is not nessesary IMO. Can you explain why that things are *nessesary* in order to use crypto?, we have "user friendly" crypto programs like seahorse, I can't figure out someone is unable to use it with the available "user friendly" software like seahorse. >Try telling this to a noob who is: >a) convinced that only a nefarious low life has a use for encryption >b) afraid of and distrusts computers >c) convinced he/she is right and logic won't sway him/her.. What is your point Robert?. The same apply to planes, some people don't trust planes, some don't trust computers or cryptography or , but that don't mean the public in general is unable to fly in planes or to use cryptography ;). >The only crypto they use is the crypto that is invisible to them >(usually https, which is pretty invisible). HTTPS is not invisible, is transparent with most browers. Invisible is as example, the logs that your ISP, mine or google (likley) have of all our mail, because you don't see it, you even don't know if they really have such logs. Transparent is one thing that you can see if you want in the same manner you can ignore it, like the thoustands of instructions in machine code to run a software or the encryption in HTTPS. You can do "hexdump /usr/local/gpg", or click a button in FF that tellsyou the encryption information. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREIAAYFAktKopsACgkQZ4DA0TLic4heGACfUf4UQOCoddJTgivgXXV/sBk0 q3wAn2wHgEuLEamep3xbx8XJb+7iezxo =kWGz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users