I know most of this, but this is a nice, down to earth summary and refresher for someone like me who doesn't actually make decisions about encryption in my day to day.
I'd be curious how it reads to a layman.
I'd be curious how it reads to a layman.
I find a lot of the PGP hate to be a little overblown, but anyone who's engaged honestly with the issues ought to be able to admit that PGP just isn't a very good tool, and age quite nicely provides an alternative to the last remaining reasons a person could have to still cling to PGP today.
The first time `age` is mentioned is halfway down in the article. `age` is only mentioned twice and both times as a reference to cite their usage of specific algorithms. I thought it would be more appropriate to cite algorithm choices of modern software written by security experts than me picking algorithms.
I also don't describe what `age` is and its use-cases. So I would have trouble calling that marketing.