In case you use OpenPGP on a smartphone ...

[Mark]

For example, in this message from Ryan, Enigmail says it has a bad
signature. I think that could be an issue too with it's adoption.

On 8/12/2020 11:29 AM, Ryan McGinnis via Gnupg-users wrote:
> The reasons to abandon PGP for secure communications have been
> accepted in the security community for years.  Here’s one security
> researcher explaining why (there are many others out there with
> similar sentiments): 
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/12/op-ed-im-giving-up-on-pgp/
>
> -Ryan McGinnis
> http://www.bigstormpicture.com
> PGP Fingerprint: 5C73 8727 EE58 786A 777C 4F1D B5AA 3FA3 486E D7AD
>
>
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>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 13:07, Felix <felix at audiofair.de
> <mailto:felix at audiofair.de>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure that there are solutions orders of magnitude more secure
>> that are available readily.
>>
>> Also people tend to get emails on the go as well that might be
>> encrypted. It's convenient to decrypt emails on a smartphone and not
>> really that insecure if you're using an external device for actual
>> keystorage (such as a Yubikey).
>>
>> I don't actually see what's so silly about the whole thing.
>>
>> On 2020-08-12 18:57, Ryan McGinnis via Gnupg-users wrote:
>>> Well yes I realize that it exists, what I'm saying is why would anyone
>>> use it for secure communications on a smartphone when there are
>>> solutions orders of magnitude more secure and simple to use.  It'd be
>>> like buying a helicopter but deciding you'd still fly only 2 feet off
>>> the ground and stick to paved roads. 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/12/20 11:46 AM, Stefan Claas wrote:
>>>> Ryan McGinnis via Gnupg-users wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I guess the real question is: what are people using PGP for on mobile
>>>>> devices?  If it's for communication, that's silly.  There are at least a
>>>>> half dozen far, far, far better ways to securely communicate on a
>>>>> smartphone. 
>>>> Well, it is listed by the OpenPGP experts:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.openpgp.org/software/openkeychain/
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Stefan
>>>>
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