On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:31:26 +0000 Andy Ruddock articulated: > Jerry wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:55:57 -0500 Robert J. Hansen articulated: > > > >> On 02/22/2013 01:24 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: > >>> Have any consumer banks in the US figured out how to use PGP, > >>> so monthly statements can be truly *delivered*? > > [snip] > > > My bank and credit card company, sends me a monthly link to a > > secure URL that affords me the opportunity to view my statements. I > > also have the option of downloading in PDF, CSV or MS Excel format > > my statement. I have never received a plain email statement > > detailing my banking records. > > > > Unless I am seriously misreading this thread, I am not sure what > > advantage either PGP or S/MIME would afford. > > The point being that you get a link. If the banks used PGP or S/MIME > then they could actually send you your statements.
Well, each to his/her own I suppose; however, I would not approve of the file being sent to my PC regardless. There is always the possibility of the email being intercepted and exploited or my PC being compromised. If I want confidential information delivered to my PC, that should be my business. If an institution wanted to offer that option, and thereby being issued a released of responsibility, I have no objections to it. I do not consider the clicking on of a secure link and downloading the document to be an inconvenience, but rather a security feature, especially when the documents(s) can be downloaded in several formats. I realize that not everyone will agree with me. Que Sera, Sera -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users