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Re:PGP needs to be retired in honor by Freak_NL on Thursday February 23, 2017 @05:10PM (#13718292)
> But people should use Signal instead of PGP for message encryption.

Signal the protocol or Signal the service? There does not appear to be a mature FOSS toolchain for the former that can replace gnupg and Thunderbird/Enigmail, and the latter is only available on Android and IOS smartphones.

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Re:PGP needs to be retired in honor by tptacek on Thursday February 23, 2017 @05:22PM (#13718392)
Don't use email to send secret messages.
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Re:PGP needs to be retired in honor by thaumasiotes on Friday February 24, 2017 @01:51AM (#13721620)
Any chance you could elaborate on this? What about email is inimical to secret messages? Why are they less secret over email than through some other medium?
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