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GnuPG is not a solution for this. The problem is not just about the contents of the message, but knowing your communication habits. GnuPG can't encrypt who your

by nemik 13y ago

GnuPG is not a solution for this. The problem is not just about the contents of the message, but knowing your communication habits. GnuPG can't encrypt who your message is going to, being replied to, when, or even the subject. The NSA probably isn't storing all the contents of voice calls either, but it really doesn't matter all that much. They can still tell who you communicate with when and how often. That's not conducive to democracy or free speech. Furthermore, because of how few people use GnuPG or other such tools, I would expect you'd only be targeted harder for using them.

cookiecaper 13y ago
> GnuPG is not a solution for this. The problem is not just about the contents of the message, but knowing your communication habits. GnuPG can't encrypt who your message is going to, being replied to, when, or even the subject. GnuPG is PART of a solution to this. If you do need to hide the recipient, sender, subject line, etc., then you'll have to bolster your solution with other offerings. One suggestion may be to use temporary email addresses created through Tor, so that the gathered mail header data is not meaningful. Another suggestion would be to encrypt the data and dump it onto a filehost and send the link through a non-email channel. But in any case, it is crucial that the content of one's messages remains private. >Furthermore, because of how few people use GnuPG or other such tools, I would expect you'd only be targeted harder for using them. Indeed this is the case now, but as we get more people set up with GPG, it will no longer be an effective method of discrimination.