Successful experiment boosting the number of users using OpenPGP verification for file download

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Thu Aug 1 09:54:18 CEST 2013


On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:30, adrelanos at riseup.net said:

> verification is the least secure method, to the download page? (You can
> see the design here: [3])
>
> A: 1 in ~11 users.

Actually [3] is the same URL as [1].

> standards. However, while the number of downloads didn't decrease, the
> number of signature downloads significantly increased. Which is a good

Well, that sample is actually a bit too small for any conclusion.
However, I am interested in the change you made.  However, 10% is the
the number I remember from the times I kept and analyzed download logs.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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