Re: pgp signing in van

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Mon, 09 September 2013 12:44 UTC

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On 9/8/13 10:28 PM, l.wood@surrey.ac.uk wrote:
> There is no upside.
> 
> By signing your mail you lose plausible deniability, remove legal
> doubt as to what you said...

Why do you think that cryptographic doubt = legal doubt? I've heard
that claim many times, but I've never heard an argument for it.

Peter

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