[liberationtech] 15 years later, why can't Johnny still not encrypt?

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Patrick Schleizer:

> Lurid headlines have a point. 

yes. clicks. sad that a tech discussion needs to go the way of buzzfeed.

> carlo von lynX has a goal. That is,
> getting people using encryption software better than gpg. [We don't
> have to agree how better defines for this argument.]

i disagree. considering the software he hypes the most is pond, and the
developer explicitly states that one should use gpg if they want
security, with a direct link to the software from his page, an op-ed
piece that gives off the initial impression that one shouldn't use gpg
because pond is "better" is rather dishonest. given how many times this
point has been ignored, i consider it trolling for clicks.

> People using lurid headlines aren't necessarily trolling. Controversy
> is a rhetoric device used in hope to get closer to the goal.

controversy can be used without encouraging an otherwise reckless
behavior. "why pgp sucks" would be more controversial without the direct
implication that it shouldn't be used.

> And I must say carlo von lynX did a good job starting that in my
> opinion very much needed discussion.

right. because the subject has never been broaced before, as the title
of this thread shows. ;-)