PGP

TheMercenary · 03-22-2008, 10:20 PM

Does anyone still use PGP?

BrianR · 03-23-2008, 11:12 AM

Yes

Sperlock · 03-23-2008, 11:15 AM

Yes - OpenPGP in particular via the Enigmail add-on in Thunderbird.

TheMercenary · 03-23-2008, 11:48 AM

I recall that the government was trying to introduce a backdoor to the encription, did they ever succeed in doing that? I think I have an old copy of it somewhere. Can you still get it in a store?

Radar · 03-24-2008, 09:19 PM

PGP does offer a government back door. This is why I stopped using it.

deadbeater · 03-25-2008, 12:29 AM

Evidently the government didn't find the backdoor in this case.

Undertoad · 03-25-2008, 08:24 AM

I met Phil Zimmerman, the guy who wrote it, at the 1996 LP national convention. The NSA may have cracked it but I doubt there's a back door.

I told him a joke from the Cellar written by vsp:

Q: They prevented laptops with PGP from leaving the country because it was classified as munitions. What does that make Windows?

A: A dead shell.

He didn't laugh, and I was devastated.

Radar · 03-25-2008, 03:16 PM

PGP Corporate edition offers a backdoor for corporations to get into anything encrypted by employees. It stands to reason, they'd do the same for the government.

http://lists.insecure.org/lists/poli.../Jan/0063.html

deadbeater · 03-25-2008, 05:35 PM

Radar, a lot of people wouldn't use PGP Corporate, because it is, well, corporate.

03-22-2008, 10:20 PM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	PGP Does anyone still use PGP? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-23-2008, 11:15 AM	#3
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Yes - OpenPGP in particular via the Enigmail add-on in Thunderbird. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

03-23-2008, 11:48 AM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I recall that the government was trying to introduce a backdoor to the encription, did they ever succeed in doing that? I think I have an old copy of it somewhere. Can you still get it in a store? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-24-2008, 09:19 PM	#5
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	PGP does offer a government back door. This is why I stopped using it. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

03-25-2008, 03:16 PM	#8
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	PGP Corporate edition offers a backdoor for corporations to get into anything encrypted by employees. It stands to reason, they'd do the same for the government. http://lists.insecure.org/lists/poli.../Jan/0063.html __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

03-23-2008, 11:12 AM	#2
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Yes

03-25-2008, 12:29 AM	#6
deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	Evidently the government didn't find the backdoor in this case.

03-25-2008, 08:24 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I met Phil Zimmerman, the guy who wrote it, at the 1996 LP national convention. The NSA may have cracked it but I doubt there's a back door. I told him a joke from the Cellar written by vsp: Q: They prevented laptops with PGP from leaving the country because it was classified as munitions. What does that make Windows? A: A dead shell. He didn't laugh, and I was devastated.

03-25-2008, 05:35 PM	#9
deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	Radar, a lot of people wouldn't use PGP Corporate, because it is, well, corporate.

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