Re: [Sks-devel] offtopic: encrypt.to

[David Benfell]

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On 12/12/2013 02:38 AM, Gabor Kiss wrote:
> 
> Yeah. Who are the intended targets of this service? Peoples who
> cannot install (,stricly check) and run a gpg program on their own
> computers. Who cannot run a command line program. Whose only
> cabability is moving mouse. (So called one armed lawyers. :) I'm
> pretty sure that most of them is unable to audit any JS, Ruby or C
> code.

These are the same problems that are always present. First, there's
the usability versus function (and it is really sad that these have
become opposite poles), and second, there's the competence to audit
code, which is probably an issue for an even greater number of people
than the usability. I'm an example: I'm able to use gnupg, even to set
up an SKS server, but I haven't been a programmer since 1985 and
wouldn't have the first idea what to look for in auditing the code.

Inevitably, we rely on each other because we can't do everything
ourselves. So the questions reduce to 1) do we want wider scale
adoption of encryption (my answer is yes), 2) do those of us who have
the competence (not me) audit code (I think they will do so for their
own reasons), and 3) will they share their results (I thought this was
the idea of open source)?

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David Benfell
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