On Friday 07 September 2018 11:07:01 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 03:59:01PM +0200, Torben Schou Jensen wrote: > > [...] > > > Problem is many friends use public free e-mail solutions, without > > OpenPGP, and they also not give a damn about security. > > We had a related thread here about "good" mail providers. I've had > success convincing friends that a "good" mail provider costs (a > modest) something, like half a $beverage [1] a month, to be able > to treat you as a customer and not as cattle or vegetable. > > > I also have many friends that use Facebook as some sort of diary. > > Yeah, that's unfortunate. After explaining to people how that > horrible Cambridge Analytica affair went, some take their distance > with FB. I count each case as a personal success. > > But this is something which only works face-to-face, personally, > and among friends. > > > In general IT people should be better to learn non-IT people about > > better security. > > > > Interesting to read feedback on this subject here. > > Over here we have what we call "crypto parties", where interested > people can learn how to set up encryption and/or exchange public > keys. > > My take on it: nothing beats personal contact. Nothing. > > Cheers > -- t +10 Tomas.
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