GnuPG 2.0.12 - Linux-Ubuntu

Steve Reilly sfreilly at roadrunner.com
Sat Jun 20 03:00:39 UTC 2009


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Jay Daniels wrote:


> Personally, I think encryption/verification signatures work well for 
> software to see if it is authentic for obvious reasons.  But yet no 
> firefox addons are signed or can be verified!  As for email, I think 
> it's a waste of time.

> jay

perhaps you were unaware that all internet traffic, email or otherwise
is scanned for keywords by several different government agencies, in the
us and in other countries as well.  i would definitely not call
encryption a waste of time.  in fact, in this day and age, i would call
it almost a necessity in private communications.


steve




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