[24424] in Cypherpunks
Re: GUI: PGP vs novices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Horsfall)
Wed Dec 21 19:01:49 1994
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 10:40:57 +1100 (EST)
From: Dave Horsfall <dave@esi.COM.AU>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941221124259.822A-100000@einstein.src.umd.edu>
On Wed, 21 Dec 1994, Thomas Grant Edwards wrote:
> PGP has made me more crypto aware, but at this point neither I nor most of
> the crypto aware people I personally know feel there is a need to either
> encrypt or sign messages on a regular basis. While this doesn't do great
> things for supporting crypto, it is simply reality. DigiCash is a
> different situation of course - it is needed, and as soon as possible.
You'll think differently when you start seeing malicious forged messages
in your name, on a weekly basis... Looks like I made an enemy or two.
(The forgeries stopped as soon as I started signing my messages.)
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