GPG and Me (2015)
12 days ago
- #GPG
- #Encryption
- #Privacy
- The author receives GPG encrypted emails from strangers but finds them disappointing and considers filtering them out.
- GPG was developed in the 1990s with the idea that everyone would use cryptography for private communication, but it has not gained widespread adoption.
- The GPG interface is complex and the technology is outdated, reflecting 1990s crypto without modern features like forward secrecy.
- Despite its use by journalists, activists, and companies, GPG is difficult to use and often leads to mistakes.
- The author views GPG as a failed experiment and hopes for a new approach to end-to-end encryption that learns from GPG's shortcomings.