[Cryptography] (no subject)

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 09:45:18PM +0100, Ralf Senderek wrote:

> 1) The concept of asymmetric key is unexplainable to your granny.
>    Despite the fact that your granny is perfectly capable of making

No need to invoke grannies, all but two of our developers are a 
lost case when it comes to crypto. And none of them can write
secure code, despite being Ph.Ds.

>    informed decisions in the similar complex fields like financial
>    transactions and the assessment of her cancer treatment options,
>    it's a pointless excercise to explain the concept of a public
>    key in a comprehensible way.