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Re:I'm giving up on PGP by jerf on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @11:42AM (#13115967)
When did you meet Paul Graham and hand over to him the crypto material you are using on the HTTPS connection you are reading this on?

The vast majority of encryption in the real world is between people who did not meet and exchange crypto info.

(Note this is specifically about one-time pads. While I agree the Web of Trust has failed, it is one effort to circumvent the problem.)

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Re:I'm giving up on PGP by UweSchmidt on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @12:08PM (#13116220)
If he cared then he'd probably be the one handing over crypto material and instructions (about whatever crypto), as you probably need some clout to make it happen.

If even he says "write me an email in plaintext" then I'm not too hopeful for crypto in General.

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