TechLobsters1 day ago
PGP 5.0 Usability Test Finds Encryption Too Hard
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A 1999 USENIX Security Symposium paper evaluated PGP 5.0 usability, finding most participants could not encrypt, sign, or verify email correctly. Users made dangerous errors like failing to encrypt, trusting wrong keys, and forgetting pass phrases within a few hours of effort.
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