I've never heard of a spring lock, but I looked it up. It is a lock that anyone can momentarily be unlocked by a key, but when it is not being held open, shuts and locks itself.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 5:00 PM Charles Spitzer <cspit...@godaddy.com> wrote: > > > Regards, > Charlie > 602.420.4123 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gnupg-users [mailto:gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org] On Behalf Of > > Robert J. Hansen > > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 7:15 AM > > To: A.T. Leibson; gnupg-users@gnupg.org > > Subject: Re: Teaching GnuPG to noobs > > > > > What has your experience been teaching inexperienced users how to > > > use GnuPG properly? > > ..snip.. > > It's absurd. Who in the class has ever seen a lock with two keys, one > > that locks it and one that unlocks? The metaphor's ridiculous: the > > locks the students are familiar with require *no* keys to lock and > > only one key to unlock > > ..snip.. > > There are locks in common use that require a key on both sides, and need a > single key to lock and unlock. They can also be changed such that the > inside and outside keys are different. > > For example: > > http://www.sears.com/schlage-b62n625-deadbolt-keyed-2-sides-bright-chrome/p-SPM7705846522?prdNo=11&blockNo=11&blockType=G11 > > However, your analogy of a lock and unlock key for the same lock still > holds. I'm not sure I've ever heard about one of those. > > Regards, > Charlie > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users >
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