[LACryptoparty] Fwd: [EFA] An urgent notice to our Electronic Frontier Alliance allies regarding PGP and S/MIME communications.

[Tim Schwartz]

I don't mean to be dramatic, but better to stop unless you read all of the caveats, and carefully think through your situation.

Signal or another messenger would be much easier to use.

If you use PGP without a mail application, by all means continue to use.

-tim

> On May 15, 2018, at 10:57, Gene Hightower <Cryptoparty at digilicious.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2018-05-14 17:53, Tim Schwartz wrote:
> 
>> FYI, don’t use PGP till they figure out a solution.
> 
> I'm sure you mean well; but please, let's not spread FUD with regard to
> PGP security.
> 
> Not all e-mail systems are are affected, PGP itself it not the problem,
> and less drastic steps can be taken to address this issue.
> 
> 
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