[quackerhacker]

PGP has existed for how long? The real problem here is "teaching," others.

While I do agree even the lowest cryptography or 'security through obscurity', would benefit alot of people...the real issue becomes ease of use and the user experience.

>teach them to wash their hands. And for similar reasons

lol, nice

[BecauseWeCan]

Yes. The bottleneck, as usual, is cultural.

Still, I have hope. Some people refuse to touch or even be near people who aren't clean. That forces others to be clean and propagates hygiene through society.

I wonder if we could do the same with information. Teaching little children that putting private information in public sites is dirty. The same way we teach them not to go around naked.

[quackerhacker]

Yup! This is exactly why I posted this, b/c even I fall in this category. I'm a hacker that got in trouble with Google and was convicted through the Patriot Act[0]...yet I still use their products. Reason: ease of use and I do like google.

My next project after my current one was inspired by the ECPA[1]. Simple concept: employ PGP, a simple UI, and sell users a custom WD My Book Live[2] (I'm sure you can see where this goes).

[0] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/05/man-allegedly-b&#x2...;

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/when-can-the-government-read-...

[2] http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=280