[free-sklyarov] Why don't the subscribers of this mailing list use gpg og pgp?

[Charles Eakins]

I'm not saying anything on this list that needs to be encrypted.

-----Original Message-----
From: free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net
[mailto:free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net]On Behalf Of Micheas Herman
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:38 AM
To: free-sklyarov at zork.net
Subject: [free-sklyarov] Why don't the subscribers of this mailing list
use gpg og pgp?


I find it ironic that on a mailing list devoted to freeing someone who
is faceing many years in prison for cracking ROT-13 encryption, only one
member of the mailing list consistantly signs his mail. 

I have seen several posts saying that there are many legitimate reasons
for using encryption on a daily basis.  These arguments make sence up
until you realise that >99% of the people on the mailing list are not
only not using it but also making it difficult to use.  If we don't use
encryption on a daily basis then our defence of it is more hypothetical
and not as easy for people to relate to.  

If every one one this mailing list starts to sign all their email the
topics that we care about will be brought up by our correspondents. And
people will start to relise,  "I want people to know that I really sent
that email." and make the whole discusion much more main stream.  It
isn't "some mafia figure doesn't want the government reading his mail"
It's "I don't want the government reading MY mail." And when the
inevitable question comes up " What does someone using encription have
to hide?" The answer is "None of your buisiness." not "good question."

I have just started to use gpg and yes it involved using the comand line
to create my key pair and post my public key on the net. But it was very
easy. (evolution had a bug in how it was fetching mail but that seems
fixed) .one of my friends installed pgp just so that he could cheack my
signiture.. 

If you use linux and use mutt or evolution. using gpg is seemless once
it is setup.

Micheas