Re:PGP needs to be retired in honor
by falcolas on Thursday February 23, 2017 @04:32PM
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> But people should use Signal instead of PGP for message encryption.
I won't disagree; when your usecase is in Signal's wheelhouse, by all means, use it.
But as someone who uses PGP regularly; the limit of how I could use Signal instead of PGP is limited to the occasional transfer of PII, passphrases, and private keys (something I couldn't use Signal for, since these are typically sent between GUI-less hosts). A very tiny fraction of my PGP usage.
I won't disagree; when your usecase is in Signal's wheelhouse, by all means, use it.
But as someone who uses PGP regularly; the limit of how I could use Signal instead of PGP is limited to the occasional transfer of PII, passphrases, and private keys (something I couldn't use Signal for, since these are typically sent between GUI-less hosts). A very tiny fraction of my PGP usage.