On 01/23/2012 10:35 AM, Holger wrote: > I'm not a fan of comparisons at all
All argument from analogy is intellectual fraud, but they can be useful to illuminate arguments. :) > but I'd say my e-mail address feels more like my postal address, thus > I tend to handle them similarly. So, you keep all your possessions there? And eight hours a day you sleep there, so you're completely oblivious to any danger I might present to you? Email addresses aren't physical addresses. The consequence of one falling into the hands of your enemies is far, far worse than the other. And just like a casual criminal doesn't care that a particular address belongs to you, neither do spammers. > But wouldn't you replace or enforce the lock on your front door once > s.o. made it in? At least you would still keep locking it, wouldn't > you? No. Why would I, when the lock had clearly failed in the role I'd placed it? Once a component shows that it's failure-prone, a smart person revises the plan. For me, a lock is meant to do two things: * Raise the stakes for unlawful entry * Delay unlawful entry "Keep people out" is not one of them. :) _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users