[chiglug] EFF: Temporally Stop Using PGP for Encrypted E-mail

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/not-so-pretty-what-you-need-
> know-about-e-fail-and-pgp-flaw-0
> I kinda disagree with the EFF's tone in this e-mail. 

Same here - and I do not agree with the conclusion.  The issue is the
loading-of-remote-resources;  something which, in any respectable e-
mail client, can be disabled.  And is always disable for anything
interested in Security.

There is a problem with loading-remote-resources from a message with or
without PGP/GPG.

> While Signal is a great platform for text messaging and instant
> messaging, it really isn't a replacement for e-mail. PGP encrypted E-
> mail works better with threaded discussions and doesn't suffer from a
> single point of failure like Signal does.

Yep.

>  Coming up with a new, decentralized discussion
> platform with the same adoption rate of PGP/e-mail will be extremely
> difficult. I hope that this problem is fixed quickly and doesn't mark
> the end of PGP e-mail encryption.

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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam at whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383
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