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   Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 02:29:19 JST Annika Backstrom

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   • Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:

   @mwl I mean, I'll buy it. So that's 1 sale.

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     Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire: (mwl@io.mwl.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 02:29:21 JST Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:

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     The appealing thing about writing a GPG book?

     It's the most user-visible public key cryptography system I know of. What key do you use, when? The six-point table of what you want to achieve vs what key and method you use. Direct, visible results.

     Yes, I *explained* this in TLS Mastery. But I didn't *show* it. And showing is what sticks.

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     Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire: (mwl@io.mwl.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 02:29:22 JST Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:

     Working on the GPG-signed ebook of #RYOMS, and fighting the sick urge to write "GnuPG Mastery."

     "PGP & GPG" was my worst-selling book of all time. Absolutely horrendous sales. Not a chance this book would pay for the time it took me to write. Zilch. Zip. Nada.

     And yet...