> ----- Message from "M.R." <makro...@gmail.com> on Thu, 20 Oct 2011 > 15:34:29 +0000 ----- > > To: > > gnupg-users@gnupg.org > > Subject: > > Re: The problem is "motivational" > > On 20/10/11 12:30, Robert J. Hansen wrote: . . . . . . . . . > > > Because we, who care about privacy, are affected by those who > don't care. > > I propose this way of thinking is counterproductive.
And what of the other responses which stated other specific needs to make encryption universal? I especially can appreciate Mark Wood's comment on "The telephone quandary." My use of encrypted e-mail is severely limited because so many of those with whom I communicate wouldn't have a clue how to acquire, install, configure, or use encryption. > It will not > succeed in any meaningful way, because "encryption by default" > is a completely unrealistic goal in today's environment of > multiple mail end-user platforms, plethora of client applications, > uncooperative mail service operators and hostile universal surveillance > culture, and, last but not least, by the legions of users who resent > it because they "have nothing to hide". Any "solution" which marshals > mail service operators and ISP's into the trust chain is however > recklessly endangering those that might "have something to hide", > by giving them false sense of security. > The proposal doesn't preclude those that "might have something to hide" from seeking other sources of encryption keys. It merely allows far wider use of encryption in general.
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