[Enigmail] Drama!

[Vlad "SATtva" Miller]

Robert J. Hansen wrote on 16.02.2008 07:18:
> Michael Kane wrote:
>> That said, I still agree that encryption could be made easy for the
>> layman.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that exactly what Skype does?
> 
> Skype is a proprietary product which is not open for peer review.  If it 
> were open sourced, it still would not be a reasonable comparison.  The 
> only client Skype has to interact with is... well... Skype.  There is no 
> standard Skype protocol.  There is only one vendor.  It operates on only 
> a couple of platforms.
> 
> OpenPGP is none of that.  It's an IETF draft standard provided by many 
[...]

Small remark: OpenPGP (RFC4880) is no longer a draft, it has an
'official' IETF internet standard status (as of Nov. 2007).

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