I haven’t even tried to get non-tech relatives to use OpenPGP, not that I have email correspondence with them.

If you want them to use it the only way I can see it happening is if you can get them to agree to let you set it all up when you’re all gathered together to celebrate something.
And don’t expect them to use it outside of the contacts you’ve already imported keys for or to remember to keep their private keys in a backup. You’d be their IT Support + Backup plan for it to work.

My experience is that non-tech users aren’t interested in paying monthly for an email solution when they get by just fine using outlook.com, gmail.com or whatever domain their ISPs free mail use. Not that they use it much - they stick to IMs like Messenger and Whatsapp with SMS as a fallback.

I mean I can understand why tuta.com considers Tuta Mail the best way to encrypted emails but I would much rather implement OpenPGP, it’s well supported on all OSes today - https://www.openpgp.org/software/

“Nothing” experiments with lock screen ads

If you haven’t heard of Nothing, I don’t blame you. The Android phone company made waves back in 2022, largely on the back of its founder, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, but it only recently started making phones on par with flagship devices like the Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy. Mostly, the brand has instead become known for its mid-range accessories and budget phones, which pack in a lot of power for their price points, but otherwise stand out through trendy and minimalistic designs. It’s a smaller market, but a loyal one.

That’s why it’s a bit odd to see the company put both its minimalism and fandom at risk by putting ads on its lock screens, via a new “Lock Glimpse” feature.

Added in Nothing OS 4.0 late last week, when turned on, the feature will show you one of a rotating selection of wallpapers, which all feature linked content via text at the bottom of the image. For instance, a wallpaper showing a strawberry sundae might look spiffy, but in practicality, it’s essentially an ad for a page with a strawberry ice cream recipe.

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