Re:GPG and Me
by pnathan on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:14AM
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I am - roughly - a GPG fan. I've done classes on it, used it at work and at home, etc.
GPG is a terrible UX. Accidental use of GPG tends to fail open, and insecurity results. Futzing with different keys, rotating them, retracting them, etc, are grievous. I can't reencrypt old stuff to new stuff (e.g., a pw database) without spending a good deal of time thinking about attacks, file safety, etc.
I'm really a distributed encrypted email fan, I guess. I want to securely communicate over email to my friends and family, without having to do the GPG dance.
GPG is a terrible UX. Accidental use of GPG tends to fail open, and insecurity results. Futzing with different keys, rotating them, retracting them, etc, are grievous. I can't reencrypt old stuff to new stuff (e.g., a pw database) without spending a good deal of time thinking about attacks, file safety, etc.
I'm really a distributed encrypted email fan, I guess. I want to securely communicate over email to my friends and family, without having to do the GPG dance.