On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:25 PM Andrew Gallagher via Gnupg-users <gnupg-users@gnupg.org> wrote: > > On 21/01/2021 07:10, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:02 AM Stefan Claas > > <spam.trap.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> The nice things about OpenPGP amored messages is also that > >> procmail and friends can be used at providers to filter -----BEGIN blah > > > > P.S. When Stale Schumacher ran the International PGP Homepage in the 90's > > people could download PGP for Unix, VAX/VMS, Windows and the Mac > > (there was no Linux IIRC available at that time) and there was a stealth > > mode available, e.g. to hide the -----BEGIN blah in armored messages. > > ... which was pure security theatre that made it look more obfuscated to > the untrained eye, but would never fool even the simplest automated tool. > > It is important to remember what PGP is for, and what it is not for. It > is most definitely NOT for hiding metadata. No system based on email can > ever do that, so it is safer not to pretend otherwise. > > If you need to hide your metadata from the state on pain of torture and > death, PGP is NOT the solution. Use Tor, use Signal. And even then > you're taking your chances because in many countries it is highly likely > that your endpoint is rooted, and no security software can protect you > from an pwned endpoint.
Very well said, Andrew! Things I usually post here are more or less for the little PGP user whishing to improve his practices, when using OpenPGP software. And regarding Signal, I would think twice about that, which would be to much OT here on this ML, but I can tell people here when I asked Moxie, Signal, Micah Lee a question they did not answer. And when Elon Musk started to advertise Signal usage on Twitter publicity he received a reply from me, which he then not answered. As some of you may know I have sold my smartphone ... Best regards Stefan _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users