Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability of a Modern PGP Client

Re:Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability ... by bluegate010 on Saturday November 07, 2015 @11:28AM (#10525213)

That's the exact line of thinking our lab has been on. Security<-->usability is a tradeoff, and PGP seems to sit too far on the secure end of the spectrum to be useful to most users. We're working on a way to deliver progressively enhanced security, while onboarding less technical users with more usable features.

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Re:Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability ... by joosters on Saturday November 07, 2015 @11:53AM (#10525292)

While mostly true, it's not so clear-cut. While some improvements to usability would reduce the security, there are also things that can be done to make software easier to use and still keep it as secure (for example, in-app help)

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