On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 06:00:14AM -0500, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > 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
I believe UX has no chance of fixing the usability if the way the underpinnings work undermine any such effort. The number one problem being that there EXISTS a way to message unencrypted, and that the user is expected to make sure that encryption is being used. Pond is a good example on how to do away with that. Pond is easier to use, because it CANNOT send unencrypted messages. Also RetroShare is easier to handle than PGP. And both are really bad UX-wise as yet. Any UX designer working on them half a day could improve them a lot whereas trying to fix PGP+email is a lost game. We discussed this topic in a usability session at the 30c3. Videos will appear on youbroketheinternet.org in the coming weeks and I'll keep libtech posted. > There was a thread on LibTech titled "10 reasons not to start using PGP"[2] > that you might be interested in. Thanks for the referral, Pranesh. :) Since the current reason count is at 15, you may want to read the updated version at http://secushare.org/PGP -- http://youbroketheinternet.org ircs://psyced.org/youbroketheinternet -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
