On 02/07/2014 05:32, MFPA wrote: > Hi > > > On Wednesday 2 July 2014 at 2:26:07 AM, in > <mid:[email protected]>, Jérôme Pinguet wrote: > > > > OpenPGP as a kind of HashCash / proof of work solution > > to spam? > > > If this proposition makes sense, that would open the > > way for a huge increase in user base! :-) > > Mail encryption is vastly superior to HashCash, in my opinion, since > it protects the message content rather than merely wasting CPU effort. > > > > > I'm thinking about automatically sending a reply (Wanna > > contact me? Install GPG or use my https://encrypt.to > > OpenPGP.js contact form...) then deleting unencrypted > > emails, at the MUA level. Does this make sense? > > Depends on context. One of the banks I use eschews all email contact > but has a contact form on their "secure" website. But generally > speaking, auto-replies of the type "you sent an email to > <[email protected]>, please click this link or reply to this > message..." result in my not bothering, and potentially doing business > with somebody who is easier to contact. Most of my first contacts with potential new customers or business partners go through a contact form on my websites anyway, so that wouldn't be a problem for me. > > By the way, I tried to send a test message to myself from > <https://encrypt.to> but was thwarted by its assumption that the email > address for message delivery would be found in the recipient's key, > which mine is not. I then sent myself a test message encrypted to a > revoked key, so I guess either Encrypt.to or OpenPGP.js needs a bit > of tweaking. I'm following the project on GitHub, everyting is GPLv3, I'll open issues for those two problems, thanks for reporting! Git is https://github.com/encrypt-to
I'm aware that OpenPGP.js is a relatively new project and less secure than GnuPG, but it might be a step forward to get people interested and to allow people who make the effort to create a key to be able to receive messages by end users. Thanks again for your answer and reports. jérôme
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