Jonathan Duncan wrote:
On 07 May 2008, at 08:52, Brian Hawkins wrote:
Out of curiosity what do people on this list use secure email for?
Is it just to assert your identity? Or is it for encrypting content?
If the latter, what kind of content are you sending that needs
encrypting?
Is it just attachments?
Who are you sending it to?
The reason I got it is so that I could send sensitive information, like
usernames and passwords, to other people that I work with. But now that
I have it I can also use it for the other reasons that you mentioned.
And reason: So I can tell other techie geeks "ahem... I sent an
encrypted email... and received one, too".
How do you get the other person to install PGP/SMIME ?
I threaten to break their arms. Or just ask them nicely. Depends on
who I am asking. Usually it is other technically minded people. I
don't really see a big reason to get my families into encryption.
Although, it could not hurt.
Sometimes you can get less technical people to install an email cert
when you tell them that sending a password by email (or any sensitive
information) can be less secure than posting it on the internet since
email bounces around to more servers.
Brandon Stout
Stout Hosting LLC
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