Re: Essay on PGP as it is used today

2019-07-23 Thread Procopius via Gnupg-users
Again, Signal is touted as better than PGP.Why?Look at this problem with signal. Looks really serious. Signal Desktop Leaves Message Decryption Key in Plain Sight https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-desktop-leaves-message-decryption-key-in-plain-sight/ I don't think PGP does THIS

Re: Essay on PGP as it is used today

2019-07-22 Thread Procopius via Gnupg-users
From Elwin in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada (visiting family) July 22, 2019 Ryan & gnupg-users, Concerning "Essay on PGP as it is used today" When I went to the link it said it said, "The PGP Problem" I searched and determined the author is unknown from from what I could see. The Essay su

Encryption Algorithm for GnuPG?

2019-05-27 Thread Procopius via Gnupg-users
What is the encryption engine for the current GnuPG. I read that it isNIST AES. I know IDEA is proprietary so that can’t be used, is this correct? If it’s NIST AES that is under the US Government? Wouldn’t that be in danger of a US back door in the algorithm? Elwin Sent using Hushmail_