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by sixpenrose16 4148 days ago
I think the idea is to create an abstraction layer and make it easy for the whole pgp on "end-user".

Btw, very interesting idea on solving the greater problem around UX and PGP.

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They're looking at key security features that mitigate attacks and saying "That's a corner case, ignore it".

From a UX perspective, that's great. It lets you simplify and remove a lot of complexity. The catch is that every attack scenario is a corner case. As a result, users get exposed to many of the same vulnerabilities that the technology is supposed to be enabling them to guard against.

There's nothing novel - or, I submit, interesting - about the idea of trading off security to make things slicker for the user.