Don't send encrypted messages to random users

Brad Rogers brad at fineby.me.uk
Tue May 30 18:14:17 CEST 2017


On Tue, 30 May 2017 15:53:44 +0000
listo factor via Gnupg-users <gnupg-users at gnupg.org> wrote:

Hello listo,

>a piece of information publicly available on the net
>and then depend on "netiquette" for that piece of
>information not be used in a manner the owner finds

To paraphrase what's been said by others (and you appear to have
ignored).  Just because a thing *can* be done, doesn't mean it _should_
be done.

To explain further;

Do you telephone people selected, at random, from a phone directory?
Probably not.  It's the same thing here.

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