PGP problems

[Alexander Sarras]

On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 20:23:43 +0100, David Gaskill wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 19:08:17 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote:
> 
> >Is all your postal correspondence by post card? Do you close the
> >curtains while undressing? Do you close the door when using the
> >lavatory? Do you wear clothes in the street?
> >
> >PGP is no different from those examples, just because it doesn't matter
> >to you that people *could* read your mail doesn't mean that they
> >*should be able* to.
> 
> My eyes have been opened ... 
> 
> I was just about to send an e-mail to my dentist to arrange an 
> appointment and but I have now thought better of it; a hacker might be 
> able to read it. If he could then he shouldn't be able to so I will phone the 
> dentist instead. 
> 
> Bad idea. It only takes a a pair of crocodile clips and a headset and that's 
> much easier than hacking my mailbox. I must get a scrambler but even if 
> I could persuade my dentist to do the same this would almost certainly 
> result in his already exorbitant fees getting even higher. 
> 
> I will write him a letter - but wait a minute, steaming open envelopes  is 
> even easier than hacking my mailbox or tapping my phone line - must 
> remember "if he could he shouldn't be able to". 
> 
> Nothing for it, just have to go round there and make the appointment in 
> person. Oh hell, it would be even easier than hacking my mailbox, tapping 
> my phone or opening my letters to  install a bug in the receptionists 
> office ... 
> 
> Just  have to let my teeth rot. 
> 
> Me, paranoid? 
> 
> Nah..
> 
No, dumb. :->
All email leaving my box at the place where I work get's PGP signed. Guess
why?
SaS
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