Insecurity of public key crypto #1 (reply to Mandl)

I wrote:

: Therefore _all_ communications should be encrypted at all time. It is : no argument against the principle that this is difficult to do at the : current time.

there would be a tangible benefit from encrypting a list like cypherpunks with a well-known, even casual grade key.

Yes, there would be a benefit for those who are working specifically on mailers, but for those, like me, of course, who aren't, it would be a royal pain in the ass. This is an argument against the practice of encrypting all traffic, not the principle. And this argument only holds in the present time; it won't hold in the future. As Perry points out, we aren't where we want to be. Yet. Eric