Adam Bolte <abo...@systemsaviour.com> writes: > Since I imagine a lot of people interested in free software would also > be big on privacy, I would like to know what other people here think > of the idea of leaving GPG encryption on by default. Does anyone > practise it? Is there any good reason why we shouldn't?
I think it's a good idea: opportunistic encryption (when I'm sending a point-to-point message, e.g. email, and if it appears I can encrypt that message such that the other end can decrypt it, I should go ahead and do it without checking further) is a way to increase awareness of and proficiency with encryption. What stops me, frequently, is key management. I am often sending messages (such as this one) composed and sent from a remote server which I share with several other people. I think it'd be poor security to have my GPG secret key stored there, where others with only a loose trust relationship have access to crack it if they choose. -- \ “When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir | `\ cevinpl.” —Anonymous | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
