[Cryptography] "Op-ed: I’m throwing in the towel on PGP, and I work in security"

[Neal H. Walfield]

My response:

  http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/12/signal-does-not-replace-pgp/

On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:21:11 +0100,
Jerry Leichter wrote:
> 
> “If you need to securely contact me... DM me asking for my Signal number.”
> 
> "After years of wrestling with GnuPG with varying levels of enthusiasm, I came to the conclusion that it's just not worth it, and I'm giving up―at least on the concept of long-term PGP keys. This editorial is not about the gpg tool itself, or about tools at all. Many others have already written about that. It's about the long-term PGP key model―be it secured by Web of Trust, fingerprints or Trust on First Use―and how it failed me....
> 
> From:
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/op-ed-im-giving-up-on-pgp/
> which got it from:
> https://blog.filippo.io/giving-up-on-long-term-pgp/
> 
>                                                         -- Jerry
> 
> 
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