l�r, 2003-01-04 kl. 22:05 skrev Bill Hartwell: > What's really sad is that I started using PGP, then switched to GPG when > it had matured enough to replace PGP, because people were impersonating > me on newsgroup postings.
Unbelievable (translated from Dutch: "Hoe kan dat nou?" in my head). Means more or less: "Why should they want to?" If (apart from Dagurashibanipal) anybody tried it, without my permission, I'd do my best to hang them out. (More ways to kill a cat than choking it with cheese). > I ended up for a while basically operating under the "if > you get a message that claims to be from me and it's not PGP signed, > it's a forgery" principle. I haven't done much newsgroup stuff lately, > but the habit of using GPG hasn't changed. I used it, but had so many Outlook users complain that they couldn't open my mail, that I stopped. If anyone had tried to impersonate me (that I knew about), then that would have been different. > Besides the habit part, it's also a political statement. The less any > government can control, the better, and since GPG means they can't > control a poster's privacy that's one more useful tool against the > State. Certainly don't agree there. Pursue the logic for yourself. You don't even believe it yourself; you're merely mimicking the cry of the uncastrated, male tomcat. Best, Tony -- Tony Earnshaw When all's said and done ... there's nothing left to say or do. e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.billy.demon.nl _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
