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Why Can't You Send an Encrypted E-mail? [HACKADAY]( Floppy Disk Sings: I’m Big in Japan [Read Article Now»]( Why Can’t We Have Pretty Things? By [Elliot Williams]( I was reading [Al Williams]’ great rant on why sometimes [the public adoption of tech moves so slowly]( as exemplified by the Japanese Minister of Tech requesting the end of submissions to the government on floppy diskettes. In 2022! Along the way, [Al] points out that we still trust ballpoint-pen-on-paper signatures more than digital ones. Imagine going to a bank and being able to open an account with your authentication token! It would be tons more secure, verifiable, and easier to store. It makes sense in every way. Except, unless you’ve needed one for work, you probably don’t have a [Fido2]( (or whatever) token, do you? Same goes for signed, or encrypted, e-mail. If you’re a big cryptography geek, you probably have a GPG key. You might even have a mail reader that supports it. But try sending an encrypted message to a normal person. Honestly, signing and encrypting are essentially both solved problems, from a technical standpoint, and for a long time. But somehow, from a societal point of view, we’re not even close yet. Public key encryption [dates back to the late 1970’s]( and [3.5” diskettes are at least a decade younger](. Diskettes are now obsolete, but I still can’t sign a legal document with my GPG key. What gives? From the Blog --------------------------------------------------------------- [Future Brings CPU Modules, And The Future Is Now]( By [Arya Voronova]( Wouldn't it be cool to be able to upgrade your laptop simply by swapping out the CPU? [Read more »]( [Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Hexagonal Keyboard]( By [Kristina Panos]( After a decent summer break, Kristina gets back on the keyboard beat. [Read more »]( [Fork and Run: The Definitive Guide to Getting Started With Multiprocessing]( By [Matthew Carlson]( If you want to know how to make your computer d0 multiple things at once, check in here. [Read more »]( [Hackaday Podcast]( [Hackaday Podcast 185: A 2022 Rotary Phone, How AI Imagines Zepplin, Are We Alone in the Universe]( By [Hackaday Editors]( What happened last week on Hackaday? The Podcast will get you up to speed. [Read more »]( If You Missed It --------------------------------------------------------------- [Let Slip the Chips of War]( [AI Midjourney Imagines “Stairway to Heaven”]( [The Sound of Nails on Black Vinyl Records]( [The Open Source Rotary Cell Phone, Two Years Later]( [A Crowned Pulley Keeps Robot’s Treads On Track]( [Hackaday]( NEVER MISS A HACK [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Terms of Use]( [Privacy Policy]( [Hackaday.io]( [Hackaday.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update preferences]( Hackaday.com · 61 S Fair Oaks Ave Ste 200 · Pasadena, CA 91105-2270 · USA