PGP problems

[Green No.#2]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, 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.

I'm sorry, I don't think it's the same. What do you do with people in the
mall, on the street or on the bus? Do you speak in coded gibberish? Or do
you just not talk when in public? PGP is no different from _these_
examples when most people communicate via e-mail!

When you're out on the street and talking with your friends, ANYONE can
listen in if they so choose to. I don't see anybody worried about that
(unless they are discussing trade secrets, spy missions and the like...)

If I wanted to listen in on somebody's communication, dropping in on
e-mail would not be on the top of my list because other methods are so
much easier.


Mind you this is not saying that PGP shouldn't be available, easy to use
and "seamless". It should be there if for some reason two parties decide
they need it.


Isaac