[Discuss] email privacy/security

[Edward Ned Harvey (blu)]

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Tom Metro
> 
> a phone call to
> convey the password

Phone calls are unencrypted going across the same public networks.  Even the IRS acknowledges this - I called them to have them fax me something, and they made me sign a waiver and consent to transmit across the insecure FAX communication channel.

But you can always verbally pick two random large prime numbers to construct a private key ...
http://xkcd.com/1121/