>OpenPGP, no, because there's no business case for them to do so. >OpenPGP users represent a phenomenally small fraction of their userbase >(probably <1%) and would account for a large fraction of their tech >support questions.
You seem to imply that Americans are less capable or less interested in PGP-protected mail. The German bank "1822 Direkt" sends PGP encrypted bank statements to their customers. Someone mentioned another German bank that does this. Why does the business case work in Germany? Interactivebrokers (which is essentially a worldwide bank) offers PGP encrypted statement as a delivery option. But sadly, IB is elitest, in the sense that only their high value high-roller VIP customers can tick the PGP box (perhaps this supports your point). There is also a bank in Japan, South Africa, and on in the US which supports a passworded PDF option. It's obviously less secure than PGP if they are using the RC4 algorithm, but certainly indicates that some people like true delivery.. just as one might prefer to have their pizza delivered. Anyway, I don't accept the idea that the business case is lacking. In an industry that is willing to pay upwards of $150 to entice new customers into opening an account, a bank could easily gain majority market share of all self-respecting nerds in the country at a fraction of that cost. I call it a missed opportunity. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
