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What I cannot understand is what the big deal is.  He put a signature on 
a note that he wrote.  Is that all that unusual.  I really don't think 
so.  I, to be honost, hope that everybody uses pgp as a means to verify 
author, and to secure those packets which one wants to remain private.  

What you object to is absolutely no different to someone sending you a 
typewritten note and putting a handwritten signature on it.  A pgp 
signature is fairly equivalent to a written signature on a hardcopy document.

You put in your subject: "who the hell cares?"   Well, to answer your 
question, Obviously you care.  If you didn't care you would have passed 
over the message without any further thought.  Instead, you showed how 
much you care by posting your message, thus sparking the entire 
discussion.   That took time, effort, and a little thought.  When I see 
something I do not care about, I pass over it and give no thought to it. Who 
else cares?  I care.   I am glad that people are signing 
their messages.  It is the only way I know of to verify the true author 
of a message if I wanted to take the time to check.  (Similar to 
comparison of written signatures that people and business does on a daily 
basis.) 

In the course of my employment I verify signatures on documents almost on 
an hourly basis.  It is important that we verify authorization of 
documents, otherwise the firm I work for could be at risk of major 
losses.  Soon, we will go electronic for many communications.  Without 
verification on an unsecure network, this efficient method of doing 
business would be useless to us.  With electronic communication and pgp, 
we will potentially eliminate the need for couriers, fed-x, and many 
other expensive and time consuming document transfers.  I hope my firm 
goes to this when the research is finished.  

My point is this: many care, plain and simple.  Few, however, understand 
why it is valuable and how to use it despite it's simplicity.  When as 
many understand how and why to use it, as do people who understand how 
and why to use e-mail, pgp will be permanantly in place is a means to 
open up electronic communication as an alternative to paper, manpower, 
time wasted, and inefficient business practice.

Admit you care.  Dan



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