You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one [video]

Re:You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one ... by northwest on Sunday August 11, 2013 @12:13PM (#6195265)

Well, Thunderbird has the add-on called "Enigmail" which makes it easy. AFAIK there's no key directory integrated, but then again, is a key directory really a good idea? It adds another attack vector.

And then of course, this only "solves" the email problem, unlike darknet solutions.

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Re:You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one ... by slacka on Sunday August 11, 2013 @12:29PM (#6195308)

Yes, it is, but the alternative is what we have now. Practically no one using PGP. You have a better idea to fix usability of PGP?

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Re:You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one ... by mtgx on Sunday August 11, 2013 @01:41PM (#6195535)

Integrate it in an e-mail service that is very popular like Gmail, lead everyone through an initial set-up to create their public keys, and then tie that key to their profile. Then you won't have to know anyone's public key anymore, and everyone would be using PGP by default.

The only issue is that Google would have to ensure you're creating the private key as "locally" and securely as possible, without them being able to copy that key to their servers when they're creating them. That might be very tricky, while still remaining convenient, and they may have to allow for independent audits so we can make sure they aren't transmitting the data.

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Re:You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one ... by northwest on Sunday August 11, 2013 @12:36PM (#6195330)

No Sir.

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Re:You broke the Internet. We're making ourselves a GNU one ... by steveklabnik on Sunday August 11, 2013 @05:43PM (#6196441)

You can ask enigmail to look at three or four different key directories if you don't have someone's key saved locally.

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