Misquoted
Well, only a little misquoted. I’m in the Vanguard….er, I was in the Vanguard. Last week. Ranting about cryptography…oh crap, just read it already:
Addendum: I should add that I disagree with S____’s statement that “only the most paranoid people actually encrypt their emails.” Piss off, dude, I encrypt mine every chance I get. Is it only the most paranoid people that don’t write their PIN numbers across the front of their ATM cards? Only the most paranoid people use their car door locks? Only the most paranoid people who refrain from signing blank checks and giving them to panhandlers, saying, “It’s okay, I trust you”?
PhDs are so out of touch with reality. In the meantime, Prof, get back to work making new kick-ass cryptosystems. Everyone else, seriously look into getting Gnu Privacy Guard, which is cool because it’s free, or some other program to handle your encryption for you. S______ is right about that, don’t try to “roll your own.”
The mail program that Emily mentions in the article is Mozilla Thunderbird, from the same folks that brought you the kick-ass Firefox. (PSU people can find instructions for configuring it here.)
The plug-in that lets GnuPG play nice with Thunderbird is Enigmail.
Get to it!
Update: Check the comments, the professor was misquoted as well. I hereby recant my rant. Crypto still rocks, so get some.
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