On 06/06/2014 12:32 AM, Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 05:32:38PM -0600, Mirimir wrote: >> On 06/05/2014 12:09 PM, Bob Holtzman wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 03:26:16AM -0400, Cpp wrote: >>>> Dear GnuPG users, >>>> >>>> As part of the ResetTheNet campaign I decided to start using email >>>> encryption. I am a relatively new user of gpg, who is looking forward >>>> to using it for secure communication. >>> >>> This is not a critism, but with who do you plan on communicating >>> using encryption? Absolutely no one I know uses it or is remotely >>> interested in it. I get the standard answer "I have nothing to hide". >> >> I've used GnuPG almost exclusively with people who know me only as >> mirimir, or as another of my online personas. For the most part, those >> are people that I know only as their online personas. I've also used >> GnuPG with a few consulting clients. >> >>> Mentioning their bank p/w does tend to pull them up short. I do enjoy >>> the look on their faces. >> >> I've never used GnuPG with a bank ;) > > I mentioned their bank p/w in reply to their mindless statement "I have > nothing to hide" to show them that yes lad, you do indeed have plenty to > hide.
Indeed. And that reminds me of a similar issue. I don't recall any hosting provider that asked for my key for securely sending passwords, even IPMI passwords! And when asked, most have said that they weren't set up for that. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
