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Re: NPR : E-Mail Encryption Rare in Everyday Use
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Gerck)
Fri Feb 24 07:53:53 2006
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:31:47 -0800
From: Ed Gerck <edgerck@nma.com>
To: Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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Paul,
Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -
namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.
And what I heard in the story is that even savvy users such as Phil Z
(who'd have no problem with key management) don't use it often.
BTW, just to show that usability is king, could you please send me an
encrypted email -- I even let you choose any secure method that you want.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
Paul Hoffman wrote:
> At 1:56 PM -0800 2/23/06, Ed Gerck wrote:
>> This story (in addition to the daily headlines) seems to make the case
>> that
>> the available techniques for secure email (hushmail, outlook/pki and
>> pgp) do
>> NOT actually work.
>
> That's an incorrect assessment of the short piece. The story says that
> it does actually work but no one uses it. They briefly say why: key
> management. Not being easy enough to use is quite different than "NOT
> actually working".
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