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Ah the famously friendly UX of PGP combined with the solid reliability of email. This is trying to get two drunks to stand up straight by leaning them against
by chuckadams 2y ago
Ah the famously friendly UX of PGP combined with the solid reliability of email. This is trying to get two drunks to stand up straight by leaning them against each other.
- lopsidedgrin 2y ago> This is trying to get two drunks to stand up straight by leaning them against each other. Thank you for painting this beautiful picture.
- hkt 2y agoThey've actually cracked PGP, and email is fine, especially between self hosters and anyone using chatmail. I've been using it for years: Delta really, really works.
- bo1024 2y agoCan you clarify "cracked"?
- pclmulqdq 2y agoPGP has been cracked when you use it with automation in that you can steal keys slowly by relying on the meta-behavior of systems around PGP. A classic attack here is timing how long it takes for a PGP-based automated system to reject your messages. PGP is intended for the classic "used by a human to encrypt emails manually" flow and is actually insecure if you automate around it.
- dingnuts 2y agothe timing attack you're describing is extremely common -- not unique to PGP -- and simple to mitigate. do you have more literature about the attack, or attacks, that you're describing?
- chuckadams 2y agoI'm fairly sure they meant "cracked" as slang for "solved", as in "I've cracked the case."
- pclmulqdq 2y agoVery secure, too. You get all the insecurity of automated use of PGP combined with the insecurity of using email protocols.
- immibis 2y agoPresumably they have chosen and standardized a particular subset of PGP for their product, making it fully reliable and user-friendly.
- usr1106 2y agoHave you used it?
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- eGQjxkKF6fif 2y agoSlap AI, blockchain and electron on it and ship it, stat.
- rakoo 2y agoYou should really try the thing in question before commenting
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