well you obviously should have used GPG instead!

/me ducks!!!!!!

(also, /s)

funny enough, I use pgp frequently. But literally never for email, and almost never use the asymmetrical part... just for symmetric one-off file tasks.

The alternative is arcane openssl commands, which... ugh. Nasty.

I once had to email sensitive docs as part of security clearance process. the destination email server couldnt use opportunistic TLS and the recipient didnt understand or have tools for PGP de-crypt

so even when it made sense to use PGP, the tools/UX mean it didnt really make sense.

thunderbird is ok at pgp, without being truly seemless. I wouldnt want to rely on it under stress or with low pgp confidence

The FreeBSD Mail admin team still insisted on using PGP the last time I had to ask them to do anything and they required PGP emails signed with the key in the FreeBSD handbook. My flow was:

1. Create a new PGP key.
2. Sign the email.
3. Commit the new public key to the handbook.
4. Send the email.
5. Delete the key.

Absolute nonsense security.

As usual, you're right. Email was never supposed to be encrypted. It's a decades-old protocol, which is still good for sending out newsletters and other public info.

For sensitive personal communication, there are much more suitable and convenient options with in-built end-to-end encryption.

I keep my key going for those that want to use it but fortunately that group is also smart enough to use it correctly.

Comically, most of that group are also trusted enough to just have my Signal number.