From: Robert Wenzler <rwenzler@usachoice.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:05:46 +0800
To: "'cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Postcard Debates
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"Wilson, Jamie (J.R.)" wrote:
> 
> Back to a previous question: how do we get the public to understand the
> concept of an "electronic envelope", the ACLU has created a PDF file that
> prints to a brochure format explaining encryption on a level that even the
> novice of users can understand.  It is available at
> http://www.aclu.org/action/tools/crypto.pdf.

Getting that concept across is a slow process. People will want to
stay with what they are familiar with. Right now, I do not know how
to familiarize people to accept an electronic envelope.