Re: Symmetric encryption from nautilus.

[Stef Walter <stefw collabora co uk>]

On 09/07/2011 01:20 PM, Michael Stephenson wrote:
> Hi,
> Given the the vast majority of Lay users when they right click on a
> file and see "Encrypt..." are likely expecting symmetric pgp
> encryption. and infact may not have any pgp keys in their keyring are
> likely to be confused when the UI pops up and they seem unable to do
> anything.
> Users are likely to be familiar with encrypting a file with a password
> from previous experience, on Windows etc. And while often it's more
> sensible to use asymmetric encryption, there are times where symmetric
> can be superior, for example when out and about carrying sensitive
> information on a thumb drive you don't want to be also carrying your
> private key.

Yes, I agree. It certainly would be nice. Sadly it seems that nobody has
had time yet to work on this.

Does anyone want to take on the maintainership of the seahorse nautilus
plugin? If so, and if it would help, I could help split it out into its
own module.

Cheers,

Stef