From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e5c972d04da95d51 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-16 17:18:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: rd Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: SPAM-less email (was If anybody wants to make something in Ada butdo not know what) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:16:25 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3E9DF259.7A9C6353@spam.no> References: <3E9D61C0.5070103@cogeco.ca> <3E9D8090.F86AF4EC@spam.no> <3E9D8625.4090308@cogeco.ca> <3E9DCD66.530F5CE9@spam.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: c7.ae.90.49 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 17 Apr 2003 00:18:20 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en,ja,zh-CN,zh,zh-TW Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36221 Date: 2003-04-17T00:18:20+00:00 List-Id: Samuel Tardieu wrote: > > > To my > > mind, the biggest problem communication schemes face is not being > > mainstream. It's already not a difficult matter to encrypt emails > > with PGP, but I still don't get encrypted emails, and I don't send them > > myself (often). > > The problem with OpenPGP is that you do not know whether people do > prefer encrypted emails or not. I do favor them, but I know people > who want to use OpenPGP only when they need to, because it adds > some complexity into their email system. Which is why I'm so hyped up over a new email system that uses strong public key encryption by default. The complexity added is already fairly low. If it were built into the protocol, then the complexity would be almost nothing. My parents are new computer users, and I'm sure they could use an email program with the encryption, even if they don't understand the mathematical nuances behind the encryption. They already have to enter a username and passphrase to check their email anyway. The inroad to getting this thing designed and implemented is how it stops spam. That alone is enough to get a new encrypted email system in widespread use, and if it happens to make encrypted email the norm, then so much the better.