Re: Seahorse re: 2.4 Proposed Modules
- From: Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>
- To: Jacob Perkins <jap1 users sourceforge net>
- Cc: GNOME Desktop List <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Seahorse re: 2.4 Proposed Modules
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 14:23:08 -0400
On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 12:45:33PM -0500, Jacob Perkins wrote:
>
> The main problem seems to be that if a user who knows nothing about
> crypto tries to use it, they will probably fail or worse. However, the
> same could be said about a lot of things.
>
Right, but virtually all of our users know nothing about crypto. I
would say even most people on this list would make at least one
dangerous mistake using gpg. I know I would and have.
How many of the people you want to communicate securely with know
anything about crypto? Bank tellers? Business associates? Fellow
conspirators in a non-computer-related undertaking? Friends and
family? Secret lovers?
Not saying seahorse is useless, but I am saying a more task-based
frontend could result in many times more data getting encrypted in
practice.
Of course, in practical terms we're a bit hosed by most people using
Windows no matter what we do.
Havoc
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