On 04/09/2014 10:16 PM, John Clizbe wrote: > Robert J. Hansen wrote: >>> The “secure communications” paradigm of course spans a whole spectrum >>> from “I don’t give a ****” to “I’ll do anything to protect my >>> communications, including giving away my first born”. I suspect the >>> “average Joe user” in 2014 is slightly above the former, but way below >>> the latter. Without going to the other end of the spectrum, what will >>> make adoption of secure communications a bit more palatable to the >>> “average Joe user”? >> >> Every year or so this subject comes up, and my answers are unchanged >> from last time: start by reading up on academic papers studying this >> exact problem. For a while John Clizbe and I kept a list of good >> papers, but I have to confess I haven't been keeping up on the latest >> literature. Still, our last list is pretty good reading. >> >> (These selections come from both John and me, but John is the one who >> assembled them into proper cite format -- thanks, John. For the >> original message, see "Re: what is killing PKI?" on this mailing list, >> posted on 24 Aug 2012.)
Some of us wonder why Mixmaster nyms never took off, and we consider Enigmail as the Holy Grail of usability ;) <SNIP> _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
