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Re: [LUG] Bloody politicians! Rant.

 

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On 14/01/2015 06:29, Mark Evans wrote:
>
>> If the high street banks had got together and agreed that encrypted
>> email was the way to go then we could all communicate with them securely
>> without the need for other programs/web pages. As the banks all want
>> proof of id for everything (often in person) then they would have been
>> in an ideal situation to kick off some key signing.
>
> The obvious problem is that many people use webmail run by foreign
> companies. Protecting keys (and passphrases) from such entities is a non
> trivial task.
True. I hadn't considered that. JavaScript PGP would help but only from
your own device. There again, why would you check sensitive email from
an untrusted machine?

Cheers,

Pete

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