Anders Thoresson <[email protected]> [2014-01-15 11:23:04 +0100]:
> 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 

This reminds me of a recent Ars Technica story[1] with the headline, "Encrypted 
e-mail: How much annoyance will you tolerate to keep the NSA away?" 
Sub-heading: "How to to encrypt e-mail, and why most don't bother."

> – or are there other reasons that today are seen as more important?

There was a thread on LibTech titled "10 reasons not to start using PGP"[2] 
that you might be interested in.

 [1]: 
<http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/encrypted-e-mail-how-much-annoyance-will-you-tolerate-to-keep-the-nsa-away/>
 [2]: 
<https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07744.html>

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