David Honig wrote:
> >so, why is cypherpunks not using encryption? I understand there's a
> >majordomo patch out somewhere that pgp-encrypts mails to subscribers
> >that provide their keys.
>
> Its a private mailing list opened to the public, not to mention it is
> nowadays archived & searchable from the web. Since Fedz subscrive, what
> is to be gained by encrypting, other than excluding many observers?
assume the encryption is optional, selectable by the receipient (i.e. if
you send your public key to majordomo, it uses it - and if you don't,
you receive your mail unencrypted).
two advantages:
a) more encrypted traffic on the web.
b) some people might want to read cypherpunks without the intermediate
parties being aware of the fact (I know companies that monitor e-mail).
b2) running the encrypted listserver under a different name than
"cypherpunks" would possibly a good idea for this case.
