I sign most of my messages, even though I only know a few people who actively use GnuPG/PGP. As I see it, this is one way of promoting encryption. I.e.: "What is that block of gibberish you have at the end of your emails?" "That, my friend is my public key. If you have the right software you can verify that I sent you that message, and we can even send encrypted emails that nobody else can read but us." "Really?! Tell me more!"
As things are now, all kinds of personal info is sent in the clear as if it can't be read... its like writing a love letter on the back of an old style post card, and most people are oblivious to this fact. I once advised an attorney I was acquainted with to start using encryption. His response was; "Don't encrypt anything, have nothing to hide in the first place." He is now serving what will probably be a life sentence for conspiring to blow up his wife's car with her in it. He says he is innocent, and the circumstances of his trial are sketchy at best. Key evidence at his trial? You guessed it, unencrypted emails. All person-to-person email should be encrypted. Even if you think you have no secrets, you might be surprised what can be garnered from a month or two of intercepted emails. Hushmail type accounts are no substitute since they are not really secure. Even more fun... and more secure, is using steganography (i.e.:Steghide/SteGUI) to embed a PGP encrypted message into a picture of Aunt Sue at the beach. (Paranoia can be fun!) I see no problem in signing list posts. For those who want to verify them, its easy to set up, those who don't can ignore them just as easily. Its not like you are printing them out and reading them from paper, after all. Dale On 03/06/2013 02:46 AM, Florian Lohoff wrote: > Signing a mail is a sign of - i'd like to get all mails encrypted - > this is the key i am using. Flo
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
