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And encrypted email still isn't catching on. Assuming RSA/IDEA protects against GCHQ, NSA, etc. of course.
by pmjordan 18y ago
And encrypted email still isn't catching on. Assuming RSA/IDEA protects against GCHQ, NSA, etc. of course.
- zandorg 18y agoPGP (the commercial one) for encrypted email is great, but GPG (GNU's similiar tool) is awful to use. Even PGP takes a little learning curve. But the problem is most people say "I have nothing to hide". But what if you do? In that case, encrypt, and if a friend can't decrypt in return, then they aren't really friends.
- pmjordan 18y agoJust use a GPG frontend. Like many GNU tools, I don't think it's indended to be used on its own, but designed to be integrated into a bigger solution.
- RK 18y agoJust FYI. FireGPG (PGP with Gmail via Firefox): http://getfiregpg.org http://getfiregpg.org Enigmail (PGP for Thunderbird): http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php
- pmjordan 18y agoI actually use Enigmail (although only for signing, as nobody else I know even has a public key) but FireGPG looks damn cool. I've been wondering for a while how best to handle webmail encryption, given that you don't want the server involved. Looks like they've nailed it with FireGPG.
- danohuiginn 18y agoThey're interested in who you're writing to almost as much as they're interested in the content. Encryption won't help with that.
- pmjordan 18y agoThis is of course true; I haven't looked into it, but I vaguely remember reading something about SSL extensions for SMTP for mail delivery, which would encrypt even the preamble and headers; not sure how best to guard against man-in-the-middle attacks in that scenario, however.