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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