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   Grackle, the antifascist (lockshock@veganism.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 02:33:11 JST Grackle, the antifascist

   a friend made a good point.

   encryption isn't what gets people entraped by the state. it's user error. humans are the ones that make the mistake, not encryption algos.

   however, when a once trusted service starts to licking fascism boots, maybe it's time to dust off and use PGP again.

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     Håkan Geijer (hakan_geijer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 02:33:06 JST Håkan Geijer

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     @lockshock that is an extremely load-bearing "just." You can't brush aside user error which includes setting up the initial keys which have a bewildering number of non-intuitive options with poor defaults

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     Grackle, the antifascist (lockshock@veganism.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 02:33:10 JST Grackle, the antifascist

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     PGP is a chore, but is platform agnostic and it just works.

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     Håkan Geijer (hakan_geijer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 03:23:23 JST Håkan Geijer

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     @lockshock I would still somewhat disagree with how easy PGP is to use. I've been using it from the CLI and via app extensions for over a decade, and I don't trust myself to get the incantations right. always checking bash history or every GUI toggle to make sure things are right. Signal by comparison just works assuming we input contact details correctly and scanned the fingerprint QR codes. I would call myself something close to an expert and gpg makes me nervous as frick

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     Grackle, the antifascist (lockshock@veganism.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 03:23:24 JST Grackle, the antifascist

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     • Håkan Geijer

     @hakan_geijer i appreciate how you approach folks with your replies.

     i do think i need to step away from terms like "just" because, as you said, it does carry weight, especially without proper context. I thought my pretext of it being a chore aluded to that weight.

     my thought was "it just works" once keys are established and users at both ends are educated on how to properly use. obviously, i was wrong with that particular statement.

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     Håkan Geijer (hakan_geijer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 03:24:32 JST Håkan Geijer

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     @lockshock also loo sometimes my replies are definitely too snarky or rude so glad at least sometimes they're well received