Post #2814549
2026-04-24 19:12 UTC
GnuPG exists for one sole reason:
The original PGP crew in the 1990s decided that open standards, collaboration and multiple implementations are cool.
So they published their - at the time groundbreaking - formats, and standardized them at the IETF.
GnuPG has benefited massively from this, while at the same time being a software that no one I know has ever truly enjoyed. I certainly have not.
This project is now attempting to do a standardization rug pull. It's ridiculous and enraging.
Replies (2)
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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange 2026-04-25 02:08
@hko@floss.social dare I ask why? (Or is this the typical ideology over pragmatism, “we apply restrictions for your own freedom” song we have all come to know and love? :))
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@petelawler@mastodon.social 2026-04-25 05:47
@hko@floss.social @hipsterelectron@circumstances.run so who didn't have their retirement funded?