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I wish we didn't push outdated crypto protocols such as PGP. So many companies seem to want to invest money or development time into making PGP "better" - with one exception: they can't make it forward secure, which I think is absolutely critical in today's world of companies and individuals "losing everything" in a hack.

Investing in a protocol that will last another 20 years and doesn't even have forward secrecy seems like such a wasted opportunity. It feels like one of those things where 20 years later you think "I wish we hadn't done that then".



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