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 mbrock on Saturday November 07, 2015 @12:41PM (#10525502)

I just tried it and it seems like a pretty good start!

It doesn't seem to have launched publically yet but I hope they will have a landing page with utterly clear copy in a large font written with the mindset that for example this sentence

"Once you have entered your email address, SC4 will automatically provision you with a set of random keys."

is terrifyingly incomprehensible gobbledygook.

...actually I might be confused right now but even I (a total smartypants guy) can't seem to figure out how to paste in somebody else's public key in there. The default option is to encrypt for myself, and I see no way to input another key, only a text box for the message...

Edit: oh, maybe the text box is for the keys, and the thing I want to encrypt should be drag and dropped? Either way, the UI as it is right now is difficult to understand, but I suppose it is a prototype.

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Re:Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability ... by lisper on Saturday November 07, 2015 @12:47PM (#10525525)

Thanks! "They" is me :-) And yes, you can paste anything into the text box and the app should automagically do the "right thing" with it.

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Re:Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability ... by luvz2code on Saturday November 07, 2015 @03:16PM (#10526056)

Keys are stored in local browser storage. How does this work when browser cache is cleared?

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Re:Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability ... by lisper on Sunday November 08, 2015 @03:20AM (#10527930)

Cache is separate from localStorage. Clearing your cache should have no effect on your SC4 keys. (Also, if you're running one of the two standalone versions, your key is stored in a file.)

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Re:Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability ... by gbuk2013 on Monday November 09, 2015 @08:46AM (#10532944)

At least in Firefox, clearing cookies (not an unreasonable thing for users to do once in a while) will also clear localStorage.

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Re:Why Johnny Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability ... by lisper on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @04:06AM (#10538253)

That's true. There are limits to what one can do when running in a browser. If you have a better idea for where to store keys, I'm all ears.

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