[Discuss] Relevance of PGP?

[me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)]

On 06/09/2011 01:27 PM, Doug wrote:
> Every September, I have skipped the meeting.  Since I am just a nerd
> with a few public web sites and an open source project, I don't feel a
> need to encrypt anything.  I would be interested to hear why people in
> BLU uses encryption.

I make sure to use it when my wife sends me email to my work email
address.  My employer doesn't need to be reading my personal email
(there are laws against employers reading personal mail, but why trust
people to abide by the law when you don't have to?).  I also
opportunistically use it whenever I can with other people, not out of
need but more to establish the habit (like wearing a seat-belt).

Other than the aforementioned personal correspondence, I'm generally far
more interested in signing than I am in encryption.

Although I have to say, I've been impressed lately by my insurance agent
and my mortgage broker in that they've graduated to sending me things in
encrypted zip files (when what they're sending includes sensitive
personal data of mine), and they don't balk at all when I send them
encrypted zips.  They're inching closer to the right solution...

Matt