GnuPG 1.4 for OS X / macOS

Robert J. Hansen rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Thu Dec 5 07:28:21 CET 2024


> But our users know what GnuPG is, and they would, we assume,
> trust it without any prompting from us.

As a guy who's been supporting users in communications security issues 
since 1991, please forgive me for sharing some very hard-earned wisdom.

Never assume anything about your clients. If something is important 
enough to affect how they communicate, don't assume: ask.

I am too embarrassed to tell you how long it took me to learn that. 
Please consider learning from my error.

> (we also don't want to tell them: install XYZ on your
> computer if you want to be able to use what we sent you.

You're already doing that. My MacBook didn't come with GnuPG installed. 
I had to do that myself. If you have a workflow dependency on GnuPG, you 
are insisting your users install it.

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