NPR : E-Mail Encryption Rare in Everyday Use

[Paul Hoffman]

At 4:31 PM -0800 2/23/06, Ed Gerck wrote:
>Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -

Fully agree.

>namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.

We disagree on the meaning of the phrase "actually work".

>And what I heard in the story is that even savvy users such as Phil Z
>(who'd have no problem with key management) don't use it often.

Phil *does* have a problem with key management. He knows how to do 
it, but his communications partners are not as good as he is.

>BTW, just to show that usability is king, could you please send me an
>encrypted email -- I even let you choose any secure method that you want.

Yes, I could. But I won't bother. :-)

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium

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