Re: Enigmail speed geeking

2015-03-14 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 13/03/15 22:33, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > And if you don't trust /dev/urandom, I'd suggest using a different > operating system, because that's a game-over compromise. I trust both /dev/random and the sanity of the default settings of GnuPG. And when I'm generating a key in GnuPG, I put my tru

Re: Making the case for smart cards for the average user

2015-03-14 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Friday 13 March 2015 at 8:13:38 PM, in , Joey Castillo wrote: > Unlocking a card > with a PIN is a metaphor that people already know and > use with bank cards. Yes, and a sizeable minority have problems with this method of using bank cards.

Re: gpg in a cybercafé

2015-03-14 Thread flapflap
Jonathan Schleifer: > On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:27:36 +, flapflap wrote: > >> The current version (1.3) of Tails comes with GnuPG 1.4.12. > > That's just not true. Not only is the gpg2 command available, but the change > log even explicitly states that GnuPG 2 was added to improve smartcard >

Re: Making the case for smart cards for the average user

2015-03-14 Thread Philip Jackson
On 13/03/15 21:13, Joey Castillo wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm working on a Kickstarter right now that aims to popularize smart > cards as an easier way for the average user to adopt GnuPG. > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeycastillo/signet-simple-online-privacy-cards > Geographic distrib

Re: Making the case for smart cards for the average user

2015-03-14 Thread Joey Castillo
I'll concede the first point: some minority of people won't get it even if we make it simpler. As to the second one: even with a password manager, the security of that still depends on choosing and guarding a complex password to secure the password store. It's passwords all the way down. >> With a

Re: Making the case for smart cards for the average user

2015-03-14 Thread Joey Castillo
On 14/03/15 17:52, Philip Jackson wrote: > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeycastillo/signet-simple-online-privacy-cards > > Geographic distribution of the product seems to be limited > to US only - at least for your sponsors. I desperately wanted to make it worldwide, but feared running af

Re: Making the case for smart cards for the average user

2015-03-14 Thread Joey Castillo
On 13/03/15 17:20, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > (ObWarning: no facts, just opinions.) > > I think the biggest problem we face, to be honest, is our conviction > that there's an answer out there and we just have to find it. > ... Thanks for your thoughtful response. I think it's absolutely true that d