LtG wrote:
It still protects normal end users from their biggest threat which is common theft, even if it doesn't protect them from government(s) and a few large corporations.
In my experience, the biggest threat that normal end users who use encryption face is loss of their encryption keys. I see it time and time again n help forums. And, once they've lost the key, there's not much that can be done.
Anything that preserves a copy of that key can only be a good thing.
(I'll take the risk of being put on Geri's ignore list.
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