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PGP security/encryption for IM, email, virtual disks.
Version: 9.10
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Feedback Type: Usage Tip
Contributed by: mikeall Wednesday, April 12 2006 @ 12:06 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Recommend Product: NO
I did buy a version of PGP while GPG was coming of age. It is now suitable to be used instead of this app that as others write, is TOO EXPENSIVE.
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Switch to GPG like I did - octavedoctor
I concur.PGP is a good product but the company itself is vile; No longer iunder Phil Zimmerman's control PGP is now a purely commercial interest, patronising, unhelpful, mercenary and deeply resentful of being saddled with PGPs freeware legacy.
Previous versions of PGP worked as freeware and there was the option to upgrade to a paid version but PGP 9 introduced a nag screen so that it will now not launch without prompting you to upgrade. As I don't use e-mail encryption, only file encryption, I don't need (or want) the full version so to me this is just an annoyance...
Furthermore it appears that the company, in an attempt to appease government interests, have introduced deliberate weaknesses into PGP, details of which can be found on many computing security and encryption forums. GPG appears to be free of this, so it's probably a more secure solutionb as well as a cheaper one.
Monday, July 24 2006 @ 01:40 PM PDT
Switch to GPG like I did - octavedoctor
I concur.PGP is a good product but the company itself is vile; No longer iunder Phil Zimmerman's control PGP is now a purely commercial interest, patronising, unhelpful, mercenary and deeply resentful of being saddled with PGPs freeware legacy.
Previous versions of PGP worked as freeware and there was the option to upgrade to a paid version but PGP 9 introduced a nag screen so that it will now not launch without prompting you to upgrade. As I don't use e-mail encryption, only file encryption, I don't need (or want) the full version so to me this is just an annoyance...
Furthermore it appears that the company, in an attempt to appease government interests, have introduced deliberate weaknesses into PGP, details of which can be found on many computing security and encryption forums. GPG appears to be free of this, so it's probably a more secure solutionb as well as a cheaper one.
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Monday, July 24 2006 @ 01:38 PM PDT