GPG

GNU Privacy Guard or GPG is an encryption system which has taken over from  PGP [ Pretty Good Privacy ] it was a great system, which kept data secret from every intruder with the possible exception of major government espionage operations like the NSA. The NSA has now been exposed as a bad tempered bunch of criminals but that is another theme.

PGP failed as encryption for the masses because people would not learn to use it. Given that so many of them use Facebook, Twitter et cetera you have to think a lot just do not care.

PGP started as open source then became closed source. Secret coding means that back doors could be built in. But now we have GNU Privacy Guard. It is open source so if you are a real programmer you can check the source code for yourself. Get it from http://www.gnupg.org/ It is the way forward. Use it or lose it. Here are my key & address:-

 

mike@21pronto.com
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