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Re:Ask HN: Why is PGP not used widely? by BenThePyrate on Monday November 04, 2013 @11:09AM (#6669323)
1. Agreed.

2. http://www.mailvelope.com/ https://countermail.com/ http://www.hushmail.com/

3. http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/

4. Well, you could if you jump through some hoops. Which describes using PGP in general.

5. Not only that, it requires both people to use it _correctly_.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is PGP not used widely? by steveklabnik on Monday November 04, 2013 @01:23PM (#6670169)
Hushmail has given your info to the Feds. All the others could be. It's a trust issue.

Same with mobile. There's 'pgp for iOS' but I'll be damned if I upload my private key to a system running all proprietary software...

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