[liberationtech] Call for action: Please encrypt a file and send it

[Sky (Jim Schuyler)]

On the winzip idea - really good idea. I use “Betterzip” on OSX and it also has options to use 7z and AES encryption when compressing files.

Enigmail and GPGTools have both also been suggested to Jens as ways to directly mail an encrypted file.

I extensively use PGP-encrypted mail (GPGTools.org <http://gpgtools.org/>) with Mail.app on OSX and my first take was to just attach a file to an encrypted email because it’s so easy to do. The tools integrate directly into the emailer software. Have also used Enigmail, but it’s not my mainstay.

However, it’s slightly less obvious how to “encrypt a file.” With GPGTools on OSX there is a context-sensitive Services menu addition that allows encryption and decryption of files in the Finder. One can encrypt to a PGP key, or set of PGP keys (and add your own key to the mix), or can encrypt using a password, so no PGP keys will be necessary upon receipt. (However, you have to have the software installed - just don’t have to generate or import any keys.)

—Sky

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> On Feb 1, 2018, at 4:31 PM, Privacy Maverick <rjc at privacymaverick.com <mailto:rjc at privacymaverick.com>> wrote:
> 
> I'm not saying this is the best, but WinZip supports AES and it's
> fairly widely used. It's free for 10 days. I think 7z is fully free and
> it supports AES as well. http://www.7-zip.org/7z.html <http://www.7-zip.org/7z.html>
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2018-02-02 at 00:45 +0100, Jens Kubieziel wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> recently I thought about a small task regarding encryption which I
>> give
>> to a class. One idea which comes to mind is to encrypt a file.
>> However
>> when I thought a bit about it, it seemed not so easy. I'm not aware
>> of
>> an easy-to-use software which does the task. But to test my theory I
>> put
>> out a call for action and asked people to encrypt a file and send it
>> to
>> me:
>> https://kubieziel.de/blog/archives/1633-Call-for-action-Please-send-m <https://kubieziel.de/blog/archives/1633-Call-for-action-Please-send-m>
>> e-an-encrypted-file.html
>> I received some answers so far:
>> https://vereinte.verwirrung.institute/p/FEE2018
>> 
>> However I hope my call reaches more people and I get more results.
>> Thatswhy I wanted to ask you to either send me a file or forward this
>> request. I'll update the pad above and will later write a longer
>> article
>> about it.
>> 
>> Thanks a lot,
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jens Kubieziel                                  https://www.kubieziel
>> .de
>> Unser ärgster Feind kann nur unser mangelnder Glaube an uns selbst
>> sein. Dr. Angela Merkel
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