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   Hi August,   
      
   On 2020-01-06 19:13:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    WvV>> I think almost 6 million isn't a small number. Almost 1 in every   
    WvV>> 1000 earth human has one. ;)   
      
    WvV>> On the other hand. Almost every one with a key has more than 1. (Like   
    WvV>> Tommy's 18 ;))   
      
    AA> Right, so that reduces the estimate a bit.  And if you factor in the keys   
    AA> that are expired or revoked, the number may be significantly less.   
      
   Probably only half or even less...   
      
    AA>>> Some aspects of business-2-business are ripe for pgp.   
      
    WvV>> You don't have to convince me. ;)   
      
    AA> I'v read about S/MIME type encryption methods that use certificates. And   
    AA> these certificates are created and registered with an "authority". When I   
    AA> was looking for something to use with MS Outlook for business, I only came   
    AA> across solutions that required payment.   
      
    AA> Maybe big-business environments use the above solution.   
      
   That's probably the same thing as the certificates used in ssl/tls ip trafic   
   (https:). And indeed those cost money if you want one from the commercial   
   "authority"'s and don't want to use Letsencrypt.   
      
    AA> But PGP management is much simpler and gives total angency to the   
    AA> user.   
      
    AA> I am a little surprised pgp is not more ubiquitous as it *should* be.   
      
    AA> What type of business is/was your involvement?   
      
   Nothing (official)... Why would you think that? ;)   
      
   But I have developed/used pgp signing solutions for distributing software to   
   linux embeded systems.   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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