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The GPG UI is ultimately a relatively minor issue when it comes to mass adoption. There have been several PGP-like products with decent UIs and good mail integr
by nknighthb 13y ago
The GPG UI is ultimately a relatively minor issue when it comes to mass adoption. There have been several PGP-like products with decent UIs and good mail integration, none has enjoyed mass-market success. Creating another one wrapping an existing crypto library would be no epic undertaking.
The real problem is key management. Any system which depends on users to think about keys, protect their keys, back up their keys, is doomed.
The fix is going to have to involve cheap, idiot-proof hardware. When crypto key management is the same as house key management, people will start to use it, hopefully in a semi-correct manner.
- Simucal 13y agoWhen I read the title of this article I was really hoping it was going to discuss the UX problems of key management.
- sneak 13y ago> There have been several PGP-like products with decent UIs and good mail integration, none has enjoyed mass-market success. iMessage comes to mind. It is the most popular realtime messaging system in the world behind SMS, and is end-to-end encrypted with per-device keys. Of course, it's centralized, as is the key management, so Apple can subvert it at the behest of the government. Crypto isn't always 100% of the answer.
- nknighthb 13y agoiMessage is not PGP-like. Its centralized and Apple-device-specific nature is practically PGP's antithesis. It also fails several key feature checks, like the ability to encrypt or sign arbitrary files.