a 2011 study on encrypted radio used by government, police, etc:
http://www.crypto.com/blog/p25


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Anders Thoresson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> When doing research on email encryption and why it's still not widely
> used, I've read Alma Whittens "Why Johnny Can’t Encrypt: A Usability
> Evaluation of PGP 5.0" [1] from '99. I wonder if anyone knows of similar
> but more recent usability studies on encryption software?
>
> Comparing the findings made by Whittens and compare them to the software
> available today, not much seems to have happened. But does the conclusion
> still holds, that a lack of mass-adoption of email encryption is due to
> problematic UX – or are there other reasons that today are seen as more
> important?
>
> [1] –
> https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/sec99/full_papers/whitten/whitten.ps
>
> Best regards,
> Anders Thoresson
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