Comments on: Get Safe Online – but no encryption advice http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/ What software.coop is doing and contemplating Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:12:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: niq http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-456 niq Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:27 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-456 Careful what you wish for! If PGP spreads, government's snooping will be scuppered. Someone might then suggest legislation to prevent that happening ... Careful what you wish for!

If PGP spreads, government’s snooping will be scuppered. Someone might then suggest legislation to prevent that happening …

]]> By: MJ Ray http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-455 MJ Ray Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:50:19 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-455 @Ambrose Li - 1. http://www.news.software.coop/the-trouble-with-big-webmail/180/#comment-1187 mentions a FireGPG plugin for Firefox-based browsers. I've not tried it. 2. Even if the virus has resent that clearsigned message, we can be sure it originally came from them. I guess we can't be sure that they meant to send it to us, unless it's also encrypted for our key. --clearsign is like publishing... @Ambrose Li – 1. http://www.news.software.coop/the-trouble-with-big-webmail/180/#comment-1187 mentions a FireGPG plugin for Firefox-based browsers. I’ve not tried it.

2. Even if the virus has resent that clearsigned message, we can be sure it originally came from them. I guess we can’t be sure that they meant to send it to us, unless it’s also encrypted for our key. –clearsign is like publishing…

]]> By: Andy Parkins http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-454 Andy Parkins Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:43:00 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-454 The day that a government (with a vested interest in being able to easily monitor the populace) advocates encryption will be a cold day in hell ;-) The day that a government (with a vested interest in being able to easily monitor the populace) advocates encryption will be a cold day in hell ;-)

]]> By: Ambrose http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-453 Ambrose Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:31:13 +0000 http://www.news.software.coop/get-safe-online-but-no-encryption-advice/273/#comment-453 This is kind of OT, but since you mentioned email at the end, maybe we can ponder a bit about email: 1. Many people don't use any email clients. They just use hotmail/gmail/yahoo. How do we integrate the use of encryption software into these webmail systems? 2. We can do it the old way, i.e., write a text file, clearsign it, and then copy-and-paste it into the webmail. But what stops viruses from picking up these clearsigned messages and emailing them to random people? Can we be certain that a certain message truly came from someone, *even* if it is gpg-signed? This is kind of OT, but since you mentioned email at the end, maybe we can ponder a bit about email:

1. Many people don’t use any email clients. They just use hotmail/gmail/yahoo. How do we integrate the use of encryption software into these webmail systems?

2. We can do it the old way, i.e., write a text file, clearsign it, and then copy-and-paste it into the webmail. But what stops viruses from picking up these clearsigned messages and emailing them to random people? Can we be certain that a certain message truly came from someone, *even* if it is gpg-signed?

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