Subject: Re: Crisis Overload (re Electronic Racketeering) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 12:27:18 PDT A1-type: DOCUMENT Importance: normal
On July 13, 1995, Robert Hayden said:
Unfortunately, a system of social engineering needs to be adopted to get massive use of cryptography started. This means, and I advocated this from the day I entered this forum, that programs such as PGP need to be redesigned so that the a user friendly . . . so user friendly that any Joe Moron can figure out not only how to use them, but also how it helps them and how it is "good" for them. This means that we need simplified key management easy enough for the point-and-click masses to utilize. ...
Unfortuately, all I can do is stand on the sidelines and cheer, because I am not a programmer; I'm a user and a teacher.
Well put! I agree wholeheartedly! I have friends who are mostly teachers and writers who are interested in encryption from what I've told them, but their computer knowledge is pretty much limited to their word processors. A good user interface would do wonders for spreading the use of PGP. Unfortunately I am not a programmer either, but I am being motivated to become one. If only there was more time... Connie