Re:Now I understand why almost no one uses encrypted email
by happytoexplain on Thursday April 16, 2020 @10:43AM
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I'm a little baffled as to why this is getting downvoted. It seems so true and uncontroversial.
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Re:Now I understand why almost no one uses encrypted email
by naasking on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:53AM
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It seems true because people don't consider disasters, like the mortgage crisis, or this pandemic.
Consider the magnitude of inconvenience from having your identity stolen. I think it dwarfs any minor inconvniences needed to secure your identity.
That said, no doubt user-computer interaction should study security a little more I think.
Re:Now I understand why almost no one uses encrypted email
by kube-system on Thursday April 16, 2020 @03:35PM
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> Consider the magnitude of inconvenience from having your identity stolen. I think it dwarfs any minor inconvniences needed to secure your identity.
It's not as simple as a boolean situation, though. There's not any single set of security steps that a person can take to definitively 'secure their identity'.
It's a gigantic continuum, where inconvenience asymptotically increases as you approach complete security. Everyone chooses some amount of risk which is less than complete security. The only real argument is over which point along the continuum is appropriate. There is no one correct answer, either.