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Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp

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From "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp
Date Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:02:12 +0100
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:36:10 -0600
Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:

> On 2/19/2014 6:00 PM, tdk wrote:
> >> A bit of a problem with authentication too  
> > You can sign your messages using Thunderbird + Enigmail. There's 
> > no public-key directory though, so you have to tell people to go 
> > to a website to get your key.
> >   
> 
> No public-key directory? Why not the public keyservers like pgp.mit.edu?

That's just it. All the pieces are there, but there's nobody to set them
up together and package it nicely for the mainstream public. Instead,
there are who companies provide technologically inferior solutions with oh
so shiny polish.

-- 
A.

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Facebook buying WhatsApp "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-20 00:02 +0100
  Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-20 01:59 +0200
    Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-20 01:19 +0100
      Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-20 09:20 +0200
        Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-20 17:34 +0100
    Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 08:54 +0000
      Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-20 11:36 +0200
      Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 10:08 -0500
        Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-20 10:38 +1038
          Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-02-20 11:36 -0600
            Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2014-02-21 00:02 +0100
  Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 07:17 +0000
    Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 15:38 +0000
    Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-20 17:18 +0100
      Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-21 17:17 +0100
  Re: Facebook buying WhatsApp Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-02-20 10:09 -0600

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