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And are we expecting normal people to do key management?
by wsxcde 9y ago
And are we expecting normal people to do key management?
- bigdubs 9y agoWorks fine in estonia.
- ISL 9y agoI'm a normal person. My first attempt at key management was an utter failure, accidentally broadcasting a private key instead of the public one.
- wsxcde 9y agoI'm a computer security researcher. At some point I posted a public key for people to send me encrypted email. Nobody ever did and at some point I lost that private key. Point is, key management is hard problem for big corporations with dedicated IT staff. Relying on normal people to be able to do that is just insane.
- shelbyfinally 9y agoI'll give another example. My medical practice tried to do GPG encryption in a shared DropBox folder. Within the first week, someone decrypted half the files into the same shared folder... It was all just a test with non-critical data, but the test was a total failure. And that didn't even get into key-related issues.
- Teever 9y agoHow else do you expect them to start the cars and open the doors to the houses they bought on credit?
- c22 9y agoPerhaps Equifax could transition to a key escrow service for those who trust giant corporations more than themselves.
- chrsstrm 9y agoSure, because of their stellar record protecting PII?