Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > Roland Siemons wrote: > > > Dear GNUPG developers, > > > > We have GOT TO make things simpler. > > > > 1/ I do have some years of experience with GnuPG. Especially with > > convincing people to use it. It is not easy. But I do it because it is > > in my interest to be able to communicate privately. > > 2/ My latest experience is with a person who sent me his entire keypair > > per email. I had asked him to send me his public key only. I had > > instructed him how to prepare that file ("export public key, do NOT > > export the secret half of the keypair. Ensure this by ticking the right > > boxes. If you use GPA do it like this, if you use Kleopatra, follow > > those menu trails, if you use GPG Tools I do not know."). The person who > > made the horror of sending his secret key over email is properly educated. > > 3/ Please do appreciate that the persons who we are convincing and > > instructing are not particularly interested in privacy. They need simple > > approaches. > > Maybe you can convince your friends to use Mailvelope or the new AutoCrypt > from Vincent (who brought us Hagrid). Both are OpenPGP apps, and no longer > require GnuPG and therefore should it make easier for your friends to use. > > Regards > Stefan >
Forgot the links, sorry ... Mailvelope: https://www.mailvelope.com/en/ Key server for Mailvelope: https://keys.mailvelope.com/ Autocrypt for Thunderbird: <https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/autocrypt/> Regards Stefan -- box: 4a64758de9e8ceded2c481ee526440687fe2f3a828e3a813f87753ad30847b56 certified OpenPGP key blocks available on keybase.io/stefan_claas _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users