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From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
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Subject: Re: AI's take on my cipher...
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 15:30:43 -0000 (UTC)
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Stefan Claas <stefan@mailchuck.com> wrote:
> The GUI version it aimed at elderly people, with no experience in
> public key cryptography and it should be easy to understand.

Keep in mind that this is not *just* elderly people.  This applies to 
/anyone/ lacking CLI skills/experience.  And in the greater computing 
world, that population is likely somewhere around 99.9% of the total 
population.

In today's world, if it does not have a GUI, almost no one can make use 
of it.  And, sadly, the shift to "if it does not have a toucy/feely 
cell-phone app" is creating a huge base of 'users' who only know how to 
use something if their "phone" allows them to do so.  In fact, many of 
the young who have only ever known a "phone" have no concept of "files" 
or a "filesystem" so the knowledge gap is growing worse rather than 
better.

> I made this version for a german regular especially, because he had 
> difficulty to understand the old CLI version, with just two commands.

He is not alone, and he is in a population that not only includes other 
elderly, but also a very many not elderly people as well.