Re: I crypt you

[Meyer Wolfsheim]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Anonymous wrote:

 (unrelated, I noticed that there is no un-crippled free version of PGP
 for windows XP any more - 8.0 beta expired)

What about PGP 8.0 Freeware? That isn't crippled. (It doesn't include
automatic email plugins, which many think are a bad idea anyway, and
doesn't include PGPdisk, which is a great product, but addresses issues
other than email privacy in transit.

So what is wrong with PGP 8.0 Freeware?

-MW-

Re: I crypt you

[Jim Choate]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Anonymous wrote:

 What are the possible technical solutions ?

Plan 9. Replace the DES component, understand small-world networks, and
begin to distribute to your friends. Then everything can be encrypted at
all levels transparently to the user (outside of key generation).


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I crypt you

[Anonymous]

It's ironic that the State itself will finally provide a clear reason to the masses 
for using strong crypto.

The fatherland defense hysteria is fueling the privacy concerns - and mainly because 
people are afraid of errors when humonguous apparatus starts sifting through their 
data. It is like situation when a pig enters the highway: you know that he will stop 
someone in the next few minutes no matter what - you just don't want to be there.

I have been asked about PGP more often in the last few months by god-fearing and 
law-abiding than in the last few years. This is a good sign.

The down side is the concern that they will be doing something unusual. Since there is 
no mass use of PGP, crypto users do stand out - all 23,000 of us regular users 
worldwide are well mapped, charted and identified. I don't have a good answer for 
this. What novice users really want is ANONYMOUS use of crypto, so that they don't 
raise flags. Then I have to explain about anonymous remailers, whose reliability is 
nowhere near regular smtp e-mail. The only remaining option is use of public-access 
internet terminals.

(unrelated, I noticed that there is no un-crippled free version of PGP for windows XP 
any more - 8.0 beta expired)

What are the possible technical solutions ?

Virus that automagically installs and configures pgp? It would provide an excellent 
excuse to many.

Someone mentioned software that would monitor mail traffic (via 802.11* ?) and send I 
can see you e-mails to all (From, To, Cc) parties. 

But I feel that the real solution will be detentions of non-combatants based upon 
erroneus interpretations of the captured traffic.