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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by Siira on Sunday May 30, 2021 @07:34AM (#27332497)
What are these better tools?
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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by cpach on Sunday May 30, 2021 @08:23AM (#27332730)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27331942
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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by creamytaco on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:02AM (#27332932)
None of these are alternatives to PGP. There is nothing that comes functionally close to replacing it.
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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by throwaway45209 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:46AM (#27333197)
The current wisdom is to have specific tools/constructions for specific purposes, so as to eliminate/reduce footguns and to incorporate modern cryptography.

Edit: https://latacora.micro.blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem.html

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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by creamytaco on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:58AM (#27333287)
Current wisdom != a single blog post.

I disagree with every single one of his points btw and from the looks of it, so do a lot of others.

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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by throwaway45209 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @11:17AM (#27333841)
It's not just him.
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