My personal observations agrees with Rob Hansen's studies 100%.
Even when required to use encryption people hate doing it and
their concept is entirely focused on the ciphering with them
thinking that people who use encryption are trying to hide
something. They don't even begin to understand that s
Well... most people in 1940 were not capable of cracking the Enigma or
even aware of encryption technology. In fact, most human beings are
"stupid" in that they do not seek to understand the inner workings of
systems around them.
This is simply a pragmatic approach: As long as something works as
On 10-06-2013 10:46, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote:
> Nobody but me uses my signatures on the stuff I
> deliver. It isn't because my keys aren't part of the WOT. It
> is because for what ever reason they want to complain like mad
> about Prism but then go to Facebook and broadcast their personal
> li
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:40:07PM +0200, Johan Wevers wrote:
> On 10-06-2013 10:46, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote:
>
> > Nobody but me uses my signatures on the stuff I
> > deliver. It isn't because my keys aren't part of the WOT. It
> > is because for what ever reason they want to complain like mad
Sorry, I sent it privately by mistake...
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Subject: Re: Why OpenPGP is not wanted - stupid is in vogue right now
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:59:59 -0400
From: Jean-David Beyer
Organization: Institute for Regimented Whimsey
To: Johan Wevers
On 06/10/2013 06:40 AM,
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Jean-David Beyer
wrote:
> In fact, most no longer use e-mail, but
> Facebook, Twitter, and so on.
>
Well, you must have a valid working e-mail address to sign up to any of the
above mentioned.
When they want to reset their passwords, they are sent a verification
On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 11:52:32PM -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> On 6/9/2013 11:14 PM, Hauke Laging wrote:
[snip]
> > The reason that most people do not use crypto is the most trivial
> > one: They don't think they need it.
>
> This is not supported by the studies. Many people who do not use c
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On 10/06/2013 09:46, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote:
> My personal observations agrees with Rob Hansen's studies 100%.
> Even when required to use encryption people hate doing it and their
> concept is entirely focused on the ciphering with them thinking
>
On Sun, 9 Jun 2013, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
. . .
That's why I'm so skeptical of all claims that if we just fix the UI
we'll solve the adoption problem. The problem isn't UI.
. . .
As pointed out at the start of a gestural interface
programming book I have, Apple iOS made it possible
to use
On 6/10/2013 8:15 PM, reynt0 wrote:
> As pointed out at the start of a gestural interface programming book
> I have, Apple iOS made it possible to use a fancy computer by using
> no more than the skills of a chimpanzee.
Interesting you should say that. Apple's Certificate Manager
application (on
On 06/10/2013 03:39 PM, Mark Rousell wrote:
> I just wanted to say that you have neatly encapsulated my feelings
> on the subject: Stupid is in vogue.
>
> My concern is that it will be for a long time to come. It is
> ironic that technology is, to a considerable extent, what has made
> it possibl
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Jean-David Beyer
wrote:
> He said the added complexity would have two benefits:
I've said for years that in the ages of dial-up internet, particularly the
DOS+Windows 3.x years, people had a barrier of entry in getting a dial-up
modem, getting the right RS232 ca
On 6/10/2013 11:37 PM, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Of course he did not seriously propose the idea as a real course of
> action. But it is interesting to think about.
I drive a Mustang GT with enough engine work to make it genuinely
dangerous to unprepared drivers. When I was taking a couple of ad
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