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Paul Johnson wrote on 2008-03-20 04:49:
> On Wednesday 19 March 2008 02:05:49 am Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Unfortunately some of my friends can't use encrypted e-mail at work or
>> for other reasons. On the other hand almost anyone who can read e-mail
>> can also open encrypted pdf files. So why not send encrypted pdfs instead?
>
> Encrypted PDFs are poorly supported, and IIRC, the encryption is fairly weak.
>
> OpenPGP is about as universal as you're going to get at this point in time.
^^^^^^^^^
I don't understand what you mean by 'poorly supported'.
I totally agree that OpenPGP offers better protection and is a general
standard for encrypted mail. However it is not quite as universal as the
pdf format. I know quite a few people who have no means of installing
PGP on their corporate's computers, but who can view encrypted pdfs.
Pdfs might be less secure than gpg, but they are fundamentally more
secure than plain text.
Johannes
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