Stop Using Encrypted Email with William Woodruff

Security. Cryptography. Whatever. by Deirdre Connolly, Thomas Ptacek, David Adrian

Aug 23, 202571:07Technology

There was a bug in an OpenPGP library which finally gave us an excuse to tear encrypted email via PGP to shreds. Our special guest William Woodruff joined us to help explain the vuln and indulge our gnashing of teeth on...

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