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Re:A thorough PGP tutorial by tptacek on Monday July 08, 2013 @09:51AM (#6006729)
You can do all that stuff, but it's the fact that you have to understand these concepts to use PGP that makes it difficult, not the way they're documented.
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Re:A thorough PGP tutorial by xradionut on Monday July 08, 2013 @01:50PM (#6008032)
If you don't understand key management and public/private keys, signing, etc., you either have to depend on someone that does, or cargo-cult your way through using it. And it's not difficult given a little "want to". Alton Brown could teach the concepts in a single show.
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Re:A thorough PGP tutorial by jarrett on Monday July 08, 2013 @09:06PM (#6010475)
I understand this stuff, and I believe I can teach it to my friends. But I don't believe I can convince my friends to put up with the software that is currently available. That is the entire reason I can't find anyone to use PGP with.
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