I believe all the criticism of GnuPG is due to the fact most people grew up with Microsoft or Apple, so they are use to hand-holding.
If you read the various how-tos out there it is not that hard to use, just people do not want to read anything more than 2 lines. That is the main issue.
My only complaint is Thunderbird now uses its own homegrown encryption, thus locking you into their email client. Seems almost all email clients have their own way of encryption, confusing the matters even more. I now use mutt because it can be easily likned to GnuPG and it does not lock me into a specific client.
> If you read the various how-tos out there it is not that hard to use, just people do not want to read anything more than 2 lines. That is the main issue.
The video linked above contains multiple examples of people using GnuPG's CLI in ways that it was seemingly intended to be used. Blaming users for holding it wrong seems facile.
If you read the various how-tos out there it is not that hard to use, just people do not want to read anything more than 2 lines. That is the main issue.
My only complaint is Thunderbird now uses its own homegrown encryption, thus locking you into their email client. Seems almost all email clients have their own way of encryption, confusing the matters even more. I now use mutt because it can be easily likned to GnuPG and it does not lock me into a specific client.