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OpenPGP Meetup

Posted by michael on from the key-signing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Please mention the upcoming OpenPGP meetups, http://openpgp.meetup.com/. getting crypto out there into the mainstream is the only defence we have from outside interference." Consider it mentioned. I don't really know how getting together at local bar or whatever brings crypto "into the mainstream", but maybe you can sign the bartender's key or something.

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  1. So can someone explain these things? by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 2, Informative

    If there is one reason where Crypto-folks have failed, it's in explaining why key-signing is important to non-Crypto-folks. My friend signs the key of some stranger he met at Starbucks in Alameda. Why should I care?

    I've had a PGP key for about 8 years, and it's been used by others to send a sekret mezage to me less then a dozen times. Off of the top of my head , I can think of dozens of people who have a Key, and only 1 other person who does have a key.

    Why is this important? Why should I care?

    --
    "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  2. Terms of service for beer? by mcelrath · · Score: 2, Informative
    Don't bother kids. Only 56 people worldwide have signed up, and you have to agree to a 30-odd page "Terms of Service" to figure out where and when. That's just fucking ridiculous. I don't need a stupid terms of service to buy a beer with some crypto geeks.

    You'd think with all the talent out there someone would have written a quick CGI to do this, rather than using a commercial service (meetup.com).

    -- Bob

    --
    1^2=1; (-1)^2=1; 1^2=(-1)^2; 1=-1; 1=0.