On 08/27/2012 11:00 PM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > Why is it a problem that most people don't see value in signing and > encryption? > > -> People are generally complacent, narrow-minded, emotional beings who for the most part, see little value in long-term thinking? The question posed here is the same as to why organizations/individuals for the most part don´t value compsec until after they have been adversely affected. > answer is a selfish one: because I do, and I want to be able to > have the benefit of those techniques in dealing with others. > -> Agreed.. We all have self-interests. :-). > I want to be able to (for example) exchange information with my doctor > by email. He has to deal with privacy laws. Theoretically, encrypted > email could satisfy that requirement (and mine too). (No, I haven't > tried to apply HIPAA to OpenPGP. But it's worth thinking about.) > > -> Agreed. > I want to no longer have to fiddle with closed email systems that > require me to go to my bank's website to exchange written messages > with my banker. > Yes! > I want to see those techniques replace the basketful of "enhanced" > authentication methods I have to deal with at various vendors' sites. > Anybody with a little time can look up my mother's maiden name, or any > of a dozen other things that some people think are soooo secret. I > have little if any confidence in what they are doing; I'd rather > exchange certificates and keep my credentialling secrets entirely off > the 'net. > > -> Agreed with you, good luck trying to tell the average person why they need this, and in my personal experience, the avg. gpg user, is a FOSS nut, that believes in signing keys , and putting your key on a keyserver.. No thanks..
http://attrition.org/security/rant/z/*keysigning*.html > Like the guy with the first telephone, I need for lots of other people > to adopt the same technology in order to make it an everyday tool for > me rather than an expensive plaything. > > I think that all this goes a lot deeper than technology. I think that > we don't do enough to make thinking about trust and privacy part of > the normal way we interact. Children are taught to use locks and > sealed envelopes, but they are not taught to generalize these acts. > > :-) I endorse your views.. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users >
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