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posted by martyb on Sunday November 08 2015, @02:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the Wbuaal-qbrf-abg-rira-haqrefgnaq-EBG13 dept.

This paper presents the results of a laboratory study involving Mailvelope, a modern PGP client that integrates tightly with existing webmail providers. In our study, we brought in pairs of participants and had them attempt to use Mailvelope to communicate with each other. Our results shown that more than a decade and a half after "Why Johnny Can't Encrypt," modern PGP tools are still unusable for the masses. We finish with a discussion of pain points encountered using Mailvelope, and discuss what might be done to address them in future PGP systems.

The PDF of the study can be found here.


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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday November 09 2015, @07:12PM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday November 09 2015, @07:12PM (#260862) Journal

    If the Cloud Can't decrypt your mail, there is no reason to have the cloud.

    Not true.

    Well, yes. clearly I meant there is no reason to have "the cloud" involved in email storage and retrieval as proposed by the GP.
    And no, the cloud can't hide who email is sent from and to, because that is all revealed to the each smtp mail server in the chain.

    Thank you Captain Pedantic.

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