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pgpfan:pgpfan [2021/03/10 00:28] – Credit where credit is due. b.walzer | pgpfan:pgpfan [2021/03/12 18:25] (current) – The email article is not really relevant. Rant is good. b.walzer | ||
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This is about how I became a fan of PGP. By PGP I mean things compliant with the [[https:// | This is about how I became a fan of PGP. By PGP I mean things compliant with the [[https:// | ||
- | Recently (2020) there have been some articles about how PGP is a bad idea. They tend to show up whenever someone mentions PGP, even in passing. | + | Recently (2020) there have been some articles about how PGP is a bad idea. They tend to show up whenever someone mentions PGP, even in passing. |
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
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It seemed remarkable to me that anyone would bother to take the trouble to write anti-PGP articles in this day and age. It isn't really anything most people give much thought to, even those that actually use it. PGP was something I had not thought about for at least 30 years and the articles caused me to wonder what the current state of the PGP ecosystem was here in the 21st century. | It seemed remarkable to me that anyone would bother to take the trouble to write anti-PGP articles in this day and age. It isn't really anything most people give much thought to, even those that actually use it. PGP was something I had not thought about for at least 30 years and the articles caused me to wonder what the current state of the PGP ecosystem was here in the 21st century. | ||
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- In terms of technical complexity, it is one of the simplest systems you can actually use for practical work with public key cryptography. | - In terms of technical complexity, it is one of the simplest systems you can actually use for practical work with public key cryptography. | ||
- | This is directly at odds with the sort of things you read about PGP in the technical press. It occurred to me that if PGP can have anti-fans it can also have fans. These PGP advocacy articles are the result. I must sincerely | + | This is directly at odds with the sort of things you read about PGP in the technical press. It occurred to me that if PGP can have anti-fans it can also have fans. These PGP advocacy articles are the result. I must extend thanks to the author of the previously mentioned article |
The terminology that applies to encrypted messaging is not that well standardized. In this series of articles, when I use the word " | The terminology that applies to encrypted messaging is not that well standardized. In this series of articles, when I use the word " |
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