Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mail Man Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: PGP tools for dumb users -- suggestions? Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:35:48 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 24 Message-ID: <507C9DD4.2B7539D0@Man.com> References: <5078A69C.A04FF120@Man.com> <51a491c9342442fe5b95c3c05eadd745@dizum.com> <50799E25.363EE774@Man.com> <507c3091$0$6920$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <507C7568.7C3DB3AA@Man.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jFz6ePD8ouMrJdp75Vv44g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.mail.misc:302 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).