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Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions?

From	Mail Man <Mail@Man.com>
Newsgroups	comp.mail.misc
Subject	Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions?
Date	2012-10-15 19:35 -0400
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Thor Kottelin wrote:

> > I continue to ask who, beyond those with a fettish for IT
> > technology, has a real-world need for PGP encryption or
> > signing as part of email communication?
> 
> The same people who use ssh instead of telnet, log in to websites
> using https in lieu of http and use a VPN tunnel when connecting
> to the office.

All the examples you gave are for security measures taken when you have
a public-facing portal or server of some sort that you want to allow
only authenticated people to access.

Unless you believe that your internet connection is being wire-tapped,
then you have to show that the email transport and spooling facility is
insecure in order for encryption to have any value or need.

And the need or utility of PGP signing is another matter entirely.

> Why are you asking such a strange question?

To get you to admit the futility of expecting that PGP will ever become
useful for email beyond those with a fettish for IT (and *nix).

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PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <noreply@breaka.net> - 2012-10-09 03:55 -0600
  Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201210.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-10-09 17:47 +0200
    Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201210.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-10-14 05:19 +0200
      Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2012-10-15 13:29 +0000
    Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-29 22:28 +0000
      Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201210.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-10-31 03:06 +0100
  Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Andreas Mattheiss <please.post@publicly.invalid> - 2012-10-11 22:11 +0200
  Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Mail Man <Mail@Man.com> - 2012-10-12 19:24 -0400
    Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-10-13 15:55 +0200
      Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Mail Man <Mail@Man.com> - 2012-10-13 13:00 -0400
        Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Kees Theunissen <theuniss@rijnh.nl> - 2012-10-15 17:49 +0200
          Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Mail Man <Mail@Man.com> - 2012-10-15 16:43 -0400
            Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? "Thor Kottelin" <thor@anta.net> - 2012-10-16 01:19 +0300
              Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Mail Man <Mail@Man.com> - 2012-10-15 19:35 -0400
                Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? "Thor Kottelin" <thor@anta.net> - 2012-10-16 03:39 +0300
                Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2012-10-16 13:35 +0200
                Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Andreas Mattheiss <please.post@publicly.invalid> - 2012-10-20 19:01 +0200
                Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-29 22:25 +0000
                Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2012-10-31 08:30 +0000
                Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-31 17:25 +0000
                Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <noreply@breaka.net> - 2012-11-01 05:25 -0600
                Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2012-11-01 14:05 +0000
                Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <noreply@breaka.net> - 2012-10-25 13:00 -0600
            Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201210.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-10-16 04:16 +0200
              Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Mail Man <Mail@Man.com> - 2012-10-15 23:08 -0400
            Re: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <noreply@breaka.net> - 2012-10-23 10:39 -0600
            Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> - 2012-10-30 23:03 +0000
        Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) - 2012-11-02 07:59 -0500
    Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2012-10-20 19:53 +0000
      Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Mail Man <Mail@Man.com> - 2012-10-20 16:43 -0400
    Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201210.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-10-21 09:30 +0200
      Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Mail Man <Mail@Man.com> - 2012-10-21 08:49 -0400

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