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Tue Dec 20 23:48:13 CET 2016


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commit 4af1636c04e8e893f1f6c295a9e30202f28c6fc3
Author: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 20 23:45:26 2016 +0100

    faq: Update why-not-idea.org

diff --git a/web/documentation/pressreview.org b/web/documentation/pressreview.org
index 8a7b747..7ed99ea 100644
--- a/web/documentation/pressreview.org
+++ b/web/documentation/pressreview.org
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 
 Here are articles originally published in English.
 
+** ArsTechnica UK 2016-12-20
+
+  [[http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/12/signal-does-not-replace-pgp/][Op-ed: Why I’m not giving up on PGP]]
+
+
 ** ProPublica 2015-02-05
   The World’s Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy, Who is Going Broke\\
   Julia Angwin
diff --git a/web/faq/why-not-idea.org b/web/faq/why-not-idea.org
index 7c81c36..4df907b 100644
--- a/web/faq/why-not-idea.org
+++ b/web/faq/why-not-idea.org
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #+TITLE: GnuPG - Why not IDEA
 
+* Update
+
+  Note that the IDEA patent has expired and IDEA is now directly
+  supported since GnuPG 1.4.13 respective 2.x with Libgcrypt 1.6.  The
+  use of IDEA is not suggested due to its short block length and it is
+  only provided to allow decryption of archived data.
+
+  The section below is thus only of historic interest.
+
+
 * Why not IDEA
 
    IDEA is a patented algorithm and therefore the use of IDEA in

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