For future reference, statements like this: > I used to love [A], but I now think [B] is a bad idea. will lead many people to think that you consider A and B

For future reference, statements like this: > I used to love [A], but I now think [B] is a bad idea. will lead many people to think that you consider A and B to be essentially the same thing. In the specific case of PGP and encrypted email, this is a category error: you are implying (perhaps unintentionally) that PGP’s only use is for encrypted email.