[Freedombox-discuss] "Why Johnny Still, Still Can’t Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability of a Modern PGP Client"

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Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry.com> writes:

> I find this user testing report by Scott Ruoti, Jeff Andersen, Daniel
> Zappala and Kent Seamons very interesting.  Check out
> <URL: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1510.08555.pdf >.  This is the abstract:
>
>   This paper presents the results of a laboratory study involving
>   Mailvelope, a modern PGP client that integrates tightly with existing
>   webmail providers. In our study, we brought in pairs of participants
>   and had them attempt to use Mailvelope to communicate with each
>   other. Our results shown that more than a decade and a half after Why
>   Johnny Can’t Encrypt, modern PGP tools are still unusable for the
>   masses.  We finish with a discussion of pain points encountered using
>   Mailvelope, and discuss what might be done to address them in future
>   PGP systems.

so... individual persons without a community helping them are unable to
use X?, shocking :D

http://www.dmytri.info/hackers-cant-solve-surveillance/

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