The problem is "motivational"

[MichaelQuigley at TheWay.Org]

> ----- Message from "M.R." <makrober at gmail.com> on Thu, 20 Oct 2011 
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> Re: The problem is "motivational"
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> On 20/10/11 12:30, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
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>  > Because we, who care about privacy, are affected by those who
> don't care.
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> I propose this way of thinking is counterproductive. 

And what of the other responses which stated other specific needs to make 
encryption universal?  I especially can appreciate Mark Wood's comment on 
"The telephone quandary."  My use of encrypted e-mail is severely limited 
because so many of those with whom I communicate wouldn't have a clue how 
to acquire, install, configure, or use encryption.


> It will not
> succeed in any meaningful way, because "encryption by default"
> is a completely unrealistic goal in today's environment of
> multiple mail end-user platforms, plethora of client applications,
> uncooperative mail service operators and hostile universal surveillance
> culture, and, last but not least, by the legions of users who resent
> it because they "have nothing to hide". Any "solution" which marshals
> mail service operators and ISP's into the trust chain is however
> recklessly endangering those that might "have something to hide",
> by giving them false sense of security.
> 

The proposal doesn't preclude those that "might have something to hide" 
from seeking other sources of encryption keys.  It merely allows far wider 
use of encryption in general.

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