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I have "taught" encrypted email for many years to different types of people. I'm surprised to see that most non-technical people that I assisted had a better u
by Raed667 10y ago
I have "taught" encrypted email for many years to different types of people.
I'm surprised to see that most non-technical people that I assisted had a better understanding of these same tools than the author.
Generating the key using Enigmail has always worked for both Windows and Debian/Ubuntu (those are the top OSs people brought), finding a person's key was a pain a few years ago, I love the new UI.
My conclusion: The author probably had his mind set before even starting.
EDIT : Enigmail now allows you to enable encryption/signing by default, this prevents users from sending accidental clear-text emails.
- jvdh 10y agoThe author probably exaggerates, but identifies a very valid point. You really don't want to have this kind of confusion about something that you are planning to trust your secrets to.
- Raed667 10y agoThe naming confusion is legitimate (PGP, GPG, openPGP) but it literally takes one Google query "PGP GPG" to answer that question in 30 seconds.
- jvdh 10y agoThe naming of "private key" versus "secring.pgp" is very valid criticism. Also the fact that it crashes on first use, and that it is all not very user-friendly are all valid criticisms (still!). PS. please don't down vote because you disagree.