On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 20:41, an...@pgp.16bits.net said:
> attachments that you need to extract, then open with a special program
> to decrypt.
> (In fact, many people _currently_ use OpenPGP in that stony age way)
From my experience many people use ZIP or PDF encryption here and not
OpenPGP. But
> This is quite cool (I have mine set up the same way), but somewhat
> ironic considering, well... they're Facebook. I mean of all the big
> dog internet companies out there that you'd expect to give you
> extreme measures protect in-transit personal user data... Facebook?!
Oh yes, absolutely
On 2019-07-01 at 18:32 +0200, karel-v_g--- via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Hello!
> Just right now I have read about a security vulnerability in the PGP
> keyservers,
Note: that's a problem with the keyservers and key distribution, not
with PGP itself.
(...)
> So my question as a user with a need for
Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote:
[snip]
> [1] https://gnupg.org/blog/20170904-financial-results-2016.html
> [2] https://gnupg.org/blog/data/g10code-bilanz-2017-pub.pdf
Thanks a lot for the detailed reply, much appreciated!
Also *much* success in the future!
Regards
Stefan
On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 16:03, gnupg-users@gnupg.org said:
> With "big boys" I meaned the German Government, German BSI and Facebook.
I, or well my company g10 Code GmbH, has currently no contracts with the
German government or the BSI. We had projects with the BSI but no
funding whatsoever. These
This is quite cool (I have mine set up the same way), but somewhat ironic
considering, well... they're Facebook. I mean of all the big dog internet
companies out there that you'd expect to give you extreme measures protect
in-transit personal user data... Facebook?!
-Ryan McGinnis
On 02/07/2019 15:03, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote:
> P.S. to me it is still unknown why exactly Facebook is an anual donor.
Facebook are a *serious* user of OpenPGP. Every email they send me is
encrypted to my PGP key. In this respect they are decades ahead of 99.9%
of the other big IT
Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> > Seriously, ... . I'm going to exercise some restraint here and not write
> > anything else, because I can't find words to do it politely.
>
> I could not agree more.
>
> Stefan, that was out of bounds, inaccurate, and easy to refute. If
> you'd just done a Google
> Seriously, ... . I'm going to exercise some restraint here and not write
> anything else, because I can't find words to do it politely.
I could not agree more.
Stefan, that was out of bounds, inaccurate, and easy to refute. If
you'd just done a Google search before you hit 'Send' you would've
On 2019/07/01 17:32, karel-v_g--- via Gnupg-users wrote:
> So my question as a user with a need for strong mail encryption is,
> whether it is not a time to start over with an all new encryption
> standard replacing OpenPGP and S/MIME completely.
The main problem with OpenPGP isn't that its guts
On 01/07/2019 23:36, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote:
> I think *flame on* Werner does not need to change anything,
> because he is in the lucky position do get financed by
> the big boys, so I see no need for him to start doing something
> new like many others (with no financial support) do.
karel-v_g--- via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Hello!
[snip]
Hi Karel,
I think *flame on* Werner does not need to change anything,
because he is in the lucky position do get financed by
the big boys, so I see no need for him to start doing something
new like many others (with no financial support) do.
Hello!
Just right now I have read about a security vulnerability in the PGP
keyservers, that can likely not be fixed according to Heise Online.
That makes me writing about something I have been thinking of for quiet some
time now:
I am working in an environment that deals with highly sensitive
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