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Re: pgp signing in van

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Sun, 08 September 2013 23:20 UTC

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On 9/8/13 5:09 PM, Hector Santos wrote:
> 
> On 9/8/2013 6:21 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> On 9/8/13 3:50 PM, Ted Lemon wrote:
>>> 
>>> What's the upside to signing my email?   I know why I want 
>>> everybody I know to sign my email, but what's the upside for me
>>> if I do it? Until there's a clear win, it's not going to
>>> happen.
>> 
>> There are two that I see:
>> 
>> 1. Since it's quite easy to send faked messages (and I have seen
>> that done on public lists in an effort to embarrass or impugn the
>> sender), signing one's messages makes it clear that the message
>> really came from you.
>> 
>> 2. Signing one's messages is a way of advertising that one is
>> capable of engaging in encrypted communication. (This might not
>> be a welcome analogy, but it's kind of like open carry for
>> encryption.)
>> 
>> Peter
> 
> But until the MUAs across the board support it out of the box, I
> believe most people don't know about it or know what it means.

So that's an opportunity to educate people. For instance, perhaps the
Internet Society might be interested in taking on that task.

We don't need 100% of everything in order to make incremental
improvements.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/


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