[Enigmail] sorry for sending encrypted mail, I think i have the hang of it now. please assure me.

[John Clizbe]

Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Jan Steffen wrote:
>> I don't know why everyone is picking on FireGPG. :-(
>
> We're not.

Let me be the 3rd member of the Enigmail bunch to heartily concur.

> We're only saying that FireGPG does not and cannot do what a large
> number of its users wish for it to do.  If your threat model is such
> that FireGPG makes sense, go for it.  But don't fool yourself into
> thinking FireGPG is just "Enigmail for Webmail".  It's not, it's nowhere
> close.  They cover very different threat models.

And while performing some common tasks, the underlying mechanisms are also quite
different - that matters in security software.

> I'm not picking on FireGPG and I wish the FireGPG developers a lot of luck.

So do I. The problems with Webmail are vexing enough long before one attempts to
bolt-on encryption.

> Whom I really want to pick on are the users who blindly use FireGPG (or
> Enigmail, for that reason!) without ever thinking critically about
> whether they're deluding themselves with security theater.  But,
> honestly, it would be bad manners for me to do so.  All I can do is say
> "these sorts of users frustrate me a great deal" and move on.  :)

I know that I'm not the only person frustrated with posts with 0% Enigmail
content. Problems with BrandX-Encryption-Product, whatever that may be, should
go to that product's support structure. Folks here answer because they're trying
to be helpful, but after a while, the off-topic frustration gets to be too much.

-- 
John P. Clizbe                      Inet:John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
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