-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:44:22PM +0200, Torben Schou Jensen wrote: >> So why not use OpenPGP to encrypt e-mails, it is free, I am trying to >> find out how to? > > Can't speak for anyone else, but... > > I don't give a damn. > > I'm sending this message to a public email list that anyone can > subscribe to, and I know that it's archived in many, many places, > several of which can be browsed by the general public. It is not > private, by design, so why would I bother with encrypting it in transit?
I believe that Torben's speaking about personal email, e.g. between you And your mom, rather than those messages that you fully intend to be of a public nature. > (There's an argument to be made for using cryptographic signatures to > validate the authenticity and integrity of messages, but that doesn't > require encrypting the actual content itself.) Indeed not, such as on this message :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEBcqaUD8uEzVNxUrujhHd8xJ5ooEFAluSft8ACgkQjhHd8xJ5 ooElBwf+P4XrdutCklVnHr8MT6njra/eMS2/X/9Gs7UYWEjWXHPqcfQAVb/sedmj OWwK8IQFlSrI5Rqap9v4BKXEzmKyh1YJzJMlDo0HO8CdApoccz7ZG7yf6+ayqqZR iRXI+3Z/NYzvdzDPbUswkFuEJCnwNZKn5ME0lpYESxpRiIfd/Rmot50gkz6AtLq6 EIjE6vAZUe/r95kqO81ukqSTAm92wnuqz9FZq5tSHWt/fgn2Oe8prPIyFwikhzeu xwyoHZwa/a8cz3dsZ9RJH3PEOAXY0kJyd0fm4F3tyoYAOaQ1qXU5DIcee2nzlrL+ YCQ/EtZDRP760cffupTQv4tftC3xag== =k4kC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281