[PLUG] what is the point of PGP-signed emails?

[Daniel Hedlund]

     For normal day to day emails, there's probably not too much of a
benefit using PGP signatures (ie. general banter or from a grandmother
to her daughter).  I guess it could be important to use if decisions
were being made to prove identity (ie. voting over something through
email), or if people often send code to be committed to CVS.  PGP
encryption, on the other hand, is very useful.  Cheers,

Daniel

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Daniel Hedlund
daniel at digitree.org
CEO & Chief Consultant
DigiTree Studios Pty Ltd.


On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 05:42, Carla Schroder wrote:
> So what's the point, realio and trulio, of using PGP in email? I think 
> it's a geek affectation. Anyone can generate a key. Anyone can paste a 
> bunch of stuff in a message that looks like a key. If someone like 
> David Mandel posted a message here that said "No more PLUG. I'm sick of 
> it. We're pulling the PLUG hahahahaaa", it wouldn't matter if it were 
> PGP-signed or not- no one would take such a message at face value. We 
> would pick up and the phone and go "Yo, David, WTF?" 
> 
> So, aside from generating endless flame wars over how mail clients 
> display a PGP sig, I just don't see the point.