Post by Robert HazelettNo further interest in PGP? No Problem! I can live with that.
While it remains true that the majority of people using computers and
the Internet have no interest in (and/or knowledge of) protecting
either their own privacy, or the privacy of their personal and/or
business correspondents, there are still places one can go to keep up
on issues related to the development and usage of OpenPGP
applications.
These two old and once venerable newsgroups (alt.security.pgp and
comp.security.pgp.discuss) used to be very busy places, but
obviously, things have changed. With the expansion of web based
forums and email lists, Usenet usage in general seems a mere shadow
of what it was not so many years ago.
In the OpenPGP realm, specifically, ever since Symantec took over
ownership and commercial development of "PGP", it seems many of us
have migrated to GnuPG (for a while, I continued using both, as I was
a loyal PGP customer, enjoying the use of PGPdisk as well). Now
however, I find using both GnuPG and TrueCrypt to be quite
satisfactory for my purposes.
Here, for instance, is a GnuPG email list that's still quite active:
http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
There's also a list specifically for issues regarding the "Gpg4win"
package:
http://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpg4win-users-en
And there's even this old, not very busy anymore, yet still friendly
group of people willing to help others with PGP/GnuPG issues (both
web based and email list):
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PGP-Basics/
In general, I think I'm pretty typical of those who once spent quite
a bit of time learning about and discussing PGP/GnuPG and other
computer/Internet privacy and security issues, in that 1) I've
naturally moved on to just using the technology rather than
constantly discussing it, and 2) I've realized the futility of
spending too much time and energy advocating personal privacy when
it's obvious most people don't want to bother with it until some
violation of their privacy bites them in the ass.
Still, while it may seem like it shouldn't be any bother to us if
someone else doesn't care about their own privacy, the truth is, if
others don't care about their own privacy (and actively do something
to protect it), chances are they'll eventually violate the privacy of
their correspondents as well - without giving it a second thought.
With some people, I'll simply discuss nothing more personal than the
weather. :)
--
Melissa
PGP Public Key: http://tinyurl.com/2cmefzy