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by 0xb100db1ade 2625 days ago
> when communicating with potential employers in Germany, it's not even talked about. It's just the standard thing to use.

Did I read that correctly? PGP is popular in Germany?

If so, I'd love to hear more please!
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lucb1e 2624 days ago
Curse of knowledge - I forgot that it's not obvious that I'm a security person! Should have mentioned that!

So yes it's popular... in the security community. In the Netherlands, it was also used, but usually reluctantly when the other party asks for it and it cannot politely be refused.

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Leace 2624 days ago
GnuPG is developed by Werner Koch that's German, there are a lot of German startups that work on PGP too (e.g. https://www.cotech.de).

I also used PGP to communicate with customers from Germany but it's not that every German customer of mine uses it.

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anoncake 2624 days ago
As a German, so would I. Because thats news to me.
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