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Re: PGP and Mavericks

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: PGP and Mavericks
Date 2013-11-27 03:44 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2013-11-26, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2013.11.26, 11:19 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2013-11-26, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> On 2013-11-26, William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> wrote:
>>>> The free version of PGP that I've been using for years to
>>>> encrypt/decrypt files I carry on a flash drive says it is incompatible
>>>> with Mavericks and won't run.
>>>>
>>>> Work-arounds? Other encryption program I can use?
>>>
>>> Any of the Mac-compatible GPG variants should do, no? Google is your
>>> friend.
>>>
>>> BTW, it's absolutely no surprise that PGP is stagnant. Symantec
>>> purchased it in 2010 and has sqaundered and sabotaged it, as is quite
>>> typical for the company.
>>
>> PGP inventor doesn't use PGP "because it doesn't run well on a Mac"
>> <http://tinyurl.com/mblyalz>
>> <http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/12/pgp-inventor-doesnt-use-pgp-because-it-doesnt-run-well-on-a-m/>
>
> Phil just needs to trust this
> https://gpgtools.org/ instead.
>
> Or run PGP in windows under a virtualizer.

I'm sure he's well aware of the alternatives.

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JR

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PGP and Mavericks William Munny <will@bigwhisky.net> - 2013-11-26 10:17 -0500
  Re: PGP and Mavericks Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-26 08:08 -0800
    Re: PGP and Mavericks Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2013-11-26 09:18 -0800
  Re: PGP and Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-26 16:12 +0000
    Re: PGP and Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-26 16:19 +0000
      Re: PGP and Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-11-26 17:24 -0500
        Re: PGP and Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-27 03:44 +0000
  Re: PGP and Mavericks David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2013-11-26 12:34 -0600
  Re: PGP and Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-11-26 17:23 -0500

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