GUI: PGP vs novices

Dave Horsfall dave at esi.COM.AU
Wed Dec 21 15:38:11 PST 1994


On Wed, 21 Dec 1994, Thomas Grant Edwards wrote:

> PGP has made me more crypto aware, but at this point neither I nor most of
> the crypto aware people I personally know feel there is a need to either
> encrypt or sign messages on a regular basis.  While this doesn't do great
> things for supporting crypto, it is simply reality.  DigiCash is a
> different situation of course - it is needed, and as soon as possible. 

You'll think differently when you start seeing malicious forged messages
in your name, on a weekly basis...  Looks like I made an enemy or two.
(The forgeries stopped as soon as I started signing my messages.)

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