Re: This time in English: How to explain the principles of PGP, looking for metaphors

2014-07-03 Thread Fraser Tweedale
On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 02:06:04PM +0200, Daniel Krebs wrote: > Sorry! > I picked the wrong language / list last time... > So in English: > What metaphors do you use when explaining people PGP? Two examples: > 1. A lock with two keys? > 2. A lock (public) and a key (private) > Something completely

This time in English: How to explain the principles of PGP, looking for metaphors

2014-07-03 Thread Daniel Krebs
Sorry! I picked the wrong language / list last time... So in English: What metaphors do you use when explaining people PGP? Two examples: 1. A lock with two keys? 2. A lock (public) and a key (private) Something completely different? Problems with both: 1. Seems to be kind of hard to understand f