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[Lodewijk andré de la porte]

I think assumption 1 is not valid. Granny can't actually make well reasoned
choices about those other subjects (although that's unrelated). And the
concept should be easier to explain than an insurance policy. More vitally
I don't really know why she'd have to know what it is. She just has to know
how to use it.

Any possible whole system breaks on assumption #3. #2 can be made to be
transparent by other geeks. #1 is avoidable.

You can see blockchain.info's wallet for a demonstration of how system
security is the only true fatal flaw to an otherwise decent (but not by any
means perfect) crypto implementation.


2013/11/23 Stephan Neuhaus <stephan.neuhaus at tik.ee.ethz.ch>

> On 2013-11-23, 21:45, Ralf Senderek wrote:
> > I doubt all three assumptions.
>
> Fair enough. I have just put an entry in my calendar for November 30,
> 2023, to check if email encryption is now widespread.  I'll let you know.
>
> Fun,
>
> Stephan
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