Comment Re:No point encrypting if you're the only one... (Score 1) 108
Did you read their instructions? My parents use Thunderbird for email, because it's what I recommended for them. I decided to test on my clean box (browser only for the most part) and see how fast I could get my email, encrypt it with Enigmail and GPG, generate and upload a 4k key, and send out a signed email. Less than 10 minutes, most of that was waiting for the download because I've got torrents running elsewhere. With TBird installed, it was a few seconds to install GnuPG, a second for Enigmail, and less than a minute for me to get a key. The instructions walked through how to upload keys to any of various key servers, and sent off an email to my parents to see the same infographic and instructions on how they can and should do the same thing.
Sure, it used to be all command line tool with no GUI, that was only usable by *nix geeks; no longer. The plugin is all built into TBird or your email program of choice's plugin system, and has a GUI that is just a few clicks away. Sure, it won't work on webpage email systems yet; if that's what you rely on then you have some valid complaints against the email provider and not against encryption.