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Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed

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Carlos E. R. pretended :
> On 24/09/2018 08.48, anon wrote:
>> Carlos E. R. was thinking very hard :
>>> On 23/09/2018 15.45, Fritz Wuehler wrote:
>>>> Hackers target real estate deals, with devastating impact
>>>> 
>>>> <https://www.yahoo.com/news/hackers-target-real-estate-deals-devastating-impact-015558592.html>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> «...and at closing time wired $272,000 from their bank following
>>> instructions they received by email.
>>> 
>>> Within hours, the money had vanished.
>>> 
>>> Unbeknownst to the Colorado couple, the email account for the real
>>> estate settlement company had been hacked, and fraudsters had 
>>> altered the wiring instruction to make off with the hefty sum 
>>> representing a big chunk of the Butchers' life savings, according 
>>> to a lawsuit filed in state court.»
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>   Here is a very simple PGP client that will automatically set 
>>>> itself up and is simple to use.  You should insist a company you 
>>>> are dealing with uses PGP.  I refused to buy precious metals once 
>>>> from a company because they wouldn't communicate with me using 
>>>> PGP.  They were foolishly fearful that the IRS would think they 
>>>> were doing something illegal.  So they opened their customers to 
>>>> being revealed and endangered.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> PGPG, huh?
>>> 
>>> And how would you know that the PGP public key you have is in fact 
>>> the key of the correct real state agency, and not of some other 
>>> "person"? How are you going to ensure the proper chain of trust, 
>>> hein?
>>> 
>>> That's assuming that the hackers don't have control of the agency
>>> computer.
>>> 
>>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gentlegpg/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Some other:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.gpg4win.org/
>>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppgp/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>>  Key are signed.
>
> By whom?
>
> You need to walk to the company first, in person, and exchange keys. 
> And then make sure not to download other keys and not to trust the 
> web of trust, because you do not control who signs what.
>
> I know quite well PGP, I use it, and it is not going to work for 
> business.

  So do nothing, PLEASE!  My your fall be great and embittering!

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Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201809.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2018-09-23 19:45 +0000
  Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-23 22:03 -0400
    Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-24 10:27 +0000
    Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed anon <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-09-24 07:48 -0500
      Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-24 13:18 -0400
        Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed anon <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-09-25 08:16 -0500
          Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-25 10:26 -0400
            Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-09-25 17:17 +0200
              Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-26 14:16 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-26 14:24 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-26 14:47 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-26 14:56 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-26 22:20 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-27 00:43 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-27 11:21 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-27 11:52 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-27 12:10 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-27 12:15 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-27 14:31 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-27 20:07 +0000
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-27 16:39 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-28 09:45 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-28 09:52 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-28 14:22 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-28 14:26 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-28 15:43 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-28 15:54 -0400
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-27 06:52 +0100
                Re: Good example why business emails should be PGP'ed "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-27 11:22 -0400

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