On 2015-02-09 Mon 13:19 PM |, Gilles Chehade wrote:
> 
> My grandma, like a lot of non-technical people, just wants to send mail,
> she doesn't want to be trained, she wants to write a message and press a
> button and the message being sent. If it doesn't work that way, she will
> just not use mail.
> 

I could say my teenage children all want the keys to my cars, without
wanting to learn how to drive, or be old enough to take a test.

> She's like most internet users, she doesn't care or want to care how the
> message will be emitted, if you provide two ways and a simpler one, then
> she will pick up the simpler one.

My girlfriends want to go to sea with me on a warship and fire torpedos.
They don't care how the weapon is emitted, they just want a way to make
a big splash, without doing the dicipline of military training. Meh....

> 
> If the user doesn't use PGP, with what public key do you encrypt his
> message ? or do you simply not write to him anymore ?
> 

For some things (legal, financial, medical), I've had to arrange offline
communications, because others wouldn't encrypt *some* emails.


Consider these increasingly more common situations:

Canadian Dads on the Run (to Nice, France):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn_GzdkWpg0&feature=related

Men must make a DNA Getaway:
http://youtu.be/6Acp23ERkks?list=RDmpI3y4Nqt4Y&feature=related
http://youtu.be/-V9BtDpYg4A?list=PLHLREeMe4S0OmV_BYAfWNWi0qQzu2FWzK

> 
> Yes, PGP offers end-to-end and it's great.
> Most people don't use it.
> 

Yep. Usually, (social) mail does not need to be encrypted.

Othertimes, some (e.g banking, business) emails need to encrypted
throughout their entire route & life.

One hop on one machine isn't enough in these situations.


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