I have been somewhat absent on this blog as of late in part because of teaching responsibilities and I think my absence will only grow more apparent (to be explained soon).
In class this week we read some material on crypto and privacy such as Database Nation, and Steven Levy’s Cryto Rebels. The student response papers really grappled with the many complex issues surrounding ‘privacy’ which as one student noted is such a catch all term that it does not do justice (often in fact occludes) to the very diverse issues that get tagged onto it.
So one student in his response paper decided to tell an ironic story about downloading PGP, worth sharing (with permission of course)..
9:05AM: I download the PGP installer from www.pgp.com and install the encryption program. I am surprised by the interface