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There's nothing technically wrong (baring a yet-unrevealed exploit) with PGP itself. This thread's topic was about a weakness in SKS. PGP just suffers from major UX problems, which Keybase has largely addressed.

To use Keybase, one doesn't even need to know what PGP is. It all "just works". I have successfully introduced non-technical people to Keybase and what's more, these people use it actively and appreciate what it can do for them. Can't really say that about PGP.

> Thing is, a non-centralized system is really hard to monetize

Until our government supports such infrastructure, the only solution is trust funds / non-profit organizations which released all of their R&D for free.



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