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I don't consider this comment to be SPAM. It's a relevant comment, the solution is entirely non-commercial and open-source and there are still tons of people on

I don't consider this comment to be SPAM. It's a relevant comment, the solution is entirely non-commercial and open-source and there are still tons of people on HN who don't encrypt.

astrodust 13y ago
What is wrong with you? Open source or not this is not something that will ever replace email.
- kimlelly 13y ago
  Sorry, what's wrong with YOU? Do you read the news? And have you compared the gravity of the situation with the level of apathy of the general public? If so, how can you NOT want people to know about easy encryption solutions?
  - astrodust 13y ago
    Email is important because it's prevalent, simple, and based on documented open standards. It has an extremely high adoption rate, as close to 100% as you're ever going to get. Do you really think grandma is going to install darknet software on her computer? Do you think an enterprise would embrace the software you're promoting as a realistic alternative to email? Although it would be really hard to get people to agree to use PGP for email correspondence, this is a million times easier than trying to darknet the whole internet.
    - kimlelly 13y ago
      So you're suggesting we shouldn't be on the look-out for better solutions, because grandma won't use it right away? That's not how change will come.
      - astrodust 13y ago
        Email has been around for fifty years in various forms, and it could be around for fifty more. How it gets delivered, how it's secured, and how it's consumed will change, but the basic principle will stay the same. It's extremely rare to see a new technology take hold, the web and HTTP, instant messenger, and BitTorrent are anomalies. Stop trying to "disrupt" and "reboot" things and instead look to repair deficiencies in our existing technologies with backwards-compatible extensions instead of throwing them out.

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I don't consider this comment to be SPAM. It's a relevant comment, the solution is entirely non-commercial and open-source and there are still tons of people on

by kimlelly 13y ago

I don't consider this comment to be SPAM. It's a relevant comment, the solution is entirely non-commercial and open-source and there are still tons of people on HN who don't encrypt.

astrodust 13y ago
What is wrong with you? Open source or not this is not something that will ever replace email.
- kimlelly 13y ago
  Sorry, what's wrong with YOU? Do you read the news? And have you compared the gravity of the situation with the level of apathy of the general public? If so, how can you NOT want people to know about easy encryption solutions?
  - astrodust 13y ago
    Email is important because it's prevalent, simple, and based on documented open standards. It has an extremely high adoption rate, as close to 100% as you're ever going to get. Do you really think grandma is going to install darknet software on her computer? Do you think an enterprise would embrace the software you're promoting as a realistic alternative to email? Although it would be really hard to get people to agree to use PGP for email correspondence, this is a million times easier than trying to darknet the whole internet.
    - kimlelly 13y ago
      So you're suggesting we shouldn't be on the look-out for better solutions, because grandma won't use it right away? That's not how change will come.
      - astrodust 13y ago
        Email has been around for fifty years in various forms, and it could be around for fifty more. How it gets delivered, how it's secured, and how it's consumed will change, but the basic principle will stay the same. It's extremely rare to see a new technology take hold, the web and HTTP, instant messenger, and BitTorrent are anomalies. Stop trying to "disrupt" and "reboot" things and instead look to repair deficiencies in our existing technologies with backwards-compatible extensions instead of throwing them out.