Do we need / want (or already have) a mascot for OpenPGP?

[Fraser Tweedale]

How about an armadillo?

On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 11:09:20PM +0200, Randolph D. wrote:
> http://www.pierros.de/images/Masken_Larven_Larve_Domina_schwarz.jpg
> 
> 2013/7/7 reynt0 <reynt0 at cs.albany.edu>:
> > On 07.07.2013, Hauke Laging wrote:
> >  . . .
> >
> >> Linux has its cuddly penguin, BSD its devil, openSUSE the
> >> chameleon...  Whether the GNU gnu increases the fun factor
> >> is a difficult question... ;-)
> >>
> >> I guess it would be good to have something like that for
> >> OpenPGP.  Something that people both like and recognize.
> >> Something that both instructors (OpenPGP courses) and
> >> private people, companies and other organizations which
> >> use it can put on their web pages in order to create
> >> awareness.
> >>
> >> I would prefer something with a strong appearance, a
> >> smiling rhino or gorilla maybe. :-)
> >>
> >> I am a total artistic black-out so I can hardly do more
> >> about that than say "I would like to have it".
> >
> >  . . .
> >
> > A current movie and old TV show in the USA makes me think
> > of, why not a masked western hero?  (Not a superhero.)  Like
> > the well-known Lone Ranger, who was on the side of good
> > against evil, on the side of law without being himself of
> > the law, etc.  He just liked his privacy and anonymity.
> >
> > The image might even be of the masked cowboy on an archtypal rearing horse,
> > fun and active, exciting.  I would be surprised
> > if the "Lone Ranger" media franchise had a copyright on that
> > image, they just used it like lots of western movies have
> > probably since commercial movies were invented, including Zorro,
> > etc.  The "cowboy" could be gender neutral, ie not displaying
> > any gender characteristics.  :-)
> >
> > On the negative side, I wonder if such an image might be
> > accused of being too "activist"?  Also, I suppose the image
> > would have to be carefully done so it did not look like just
> > some bad guy.  Maybe wear a big white western hat rather
> > than a black hat?  <|8^)
> >
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