Subj : Re: Anyone using PGP/GPG in here?
To   : Vk3jed
From : StackFault
Date : Wed Nov 07 2018 07:14 am

 Vk>  Vk> One of my requirements is transparency of use.  Back in the 90s, I us
 Vk>  Vk> to have an add-on that worked with Bluewave, which allowed me to encr
 Vk>  Vk> and decrypt PGP encrypted messages.  Worked really well.  Today, I ha
 Vk> 
 Vk>  Av> So you're talking about ease of use? I'm lost by transparency.
 Vk> 
 Vk> Well, if I have to save a file, run GPG to decrypt, then load the result
 Vk> into an editor all manually, it's a non starter for me, even if the
 Vk> steps are imple.

This looks like a tedious process indeed. Clipboard decryption is easier
but still not seamlessly integrated.

If we take the context to BBS for example, using PGP seemlessly would require
you to use an offline reader so you keep the keys locally at all times. But
that can be the least intrusive way of using it on a larger scale.


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