What's the first step to begin using it?...
Anthony Papillion <anth...@cajuntechie.org> writes:
> There's been some discussion both on and off this list about the
> fact that people don't use GnuPG (even with Enigmail) because it's
> 'too hard'. I have friends that are reasonably intelligent who
> just can't figure it out and, for the life of me, I just don't see
> why.
>
> Don't get me wrong, GnuPG by itself can be confusing. Who wants to
> compose in a text file, drop to a terminal, issue some archaic
> command, open another text file, then copy and paste the results
> into a new document just to able to send an email? That's pretty
> rough and there's no reason any user should have to do that in
> 2017. But they don't! I've used GnuPG and Enigmail for a few years
> now and I only drop to a terminal when I /want/ to do so at this
> point. Encryption, decryption, signing, etc, never 'requires' it
> and, for the most part, the software 'just handles it'. Sure, if I
> add a smart card to the mix that complicates things but most
> people aren't going to do that.
>
> So I guess I'm asking "what's so hard about GnuPG/Enigmail these
> days and what's stopping us from making it better"?
>
> Anthony
>
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