Dear David, > These are the same problems that are always present. First, there's > the usability versus function (and it is really sad that these have > become opposite poles), and second, there's the competence to audit > code, which is probably an issue for an even greater number of people > than the usability.
You are absolutely right. > Inevitably, we rely on each other because we can't do everything > ourselves. So the questions reduce to 1) do we want wider scale > adoption of encryption (my answer is yes), 2) do those of us who have > the competence (not me) audit code (I think they will do so for their > own reasons), and 3) will they share their results (I thought this was > the idea of open source)? Mostly I agree. But we must not give up the right to thinking and scepticism. I can imagine that next week someone set up a similar service on his own site, next month three other guys do the same etc. Sending encrypted mail via someone else's infrastructure will be more popular than M$ Vindoze. :-) Guess how much time passes until Oscar slightly modifies the code on his site in order to open a backdoor for Eve/NSA/mafia? Who the heck will check the Javascript at every turn? I don't think this is the way of future. This practice is dangerous as much as uneducated peoples sign public key of everybody without checking their identity. Regards Gabor -- Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput. _______________________________________________ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
