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Good for them, but PGP is essentially dead for any non-technical zealot users. S/MIME is better supported and easier to use.
by PenguinCoder 6y ago
Good for them, but PGP is essentially dead for any non-technical zealot users. S/MIME is better supported and easier to use.
- crdrost 6y agoThat's actually the deal with Thunderbird, too. Supported S/MIME and needed a plugin, Enigmail, to interface with OpenPGP. What is happening here is that the thunderbird add-on interface is changing and they decided that instead of porting Enigmail they are integrating OpenPGP straight into Thunderbird like S/MIME is.
- mapgrep 6y agoPerhaps true for individual mail but some corporate mail is very active with it. It works quite well within groups. If you use it every day it’s a total non issue. The problem is people who set it up, forget about it, and finally get encrypted message two years later. Of course that is then confusing to try to remember how to use.
- jwr 6y agoI am so annoyed by anyone saying something is "dead". I tried to use S/MIME. I really did. Went to those sleazy web pages of companies that issue certificates, was told I'd need to pay for various certificate products. Tried a free option. Tried to load the cert onto my YubiKey, tried using it in Apple Mail… The conclusion: it is by no means easy or well supported, and requires you to deal with those sleazy cert-celling companies.