Why the poor uptake of encrypted email? [Was: Re: Secrets and cell phones.]
StealthMonger
StealthMonger at nym.mixmin.net
Mon Dec 8 08:54:47 EST 2008
"James A. Donald" <jamesd at echeque.com> writes:
> Of course, the old cypherpunk dream is a system with end to end
> encryption, with individuals having the choice of holding their own
> secrets, rather than these secrets being managed by some not very
> trusted authority ....
> We discovered, however, that most people do not want to manage their own
> secrets ....
This may help to explain the poor uptake of encrypted email. It would
be useful to know exactly what has been discovered. Can you provide
references?
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