The release of the beta PGP v9.7 a couple of weeks ago, made me kinda curious if I had to pay for the new update. I bought v9.0 officially, and every update 'swallowed' my old license info. And what happend today, when I installed the newly released full version of PGP 9.7 Desktop... It swallowed my old license.
B.t.w. the original purchase was for the Windows version of PGP, but the license also works on the OSX version of the software (it always did). So it's not necessary to buy a new license when you switch platforms.
There is a downside though; It's not possible to download a full version for the license holders. You need to download the 30-day trail version. And you'll only get it when using a valid e-mail address.
In the old days they had some restriction on how many times (and in what time frame) you used an e-mail address.
Major bummer: the sign and encrypt buttons are no longer available in the Apple mail.app. So you need to use the builtin PGP proxy. So basically, there is no way of manipulating single messages (other than using the clipboard). There is no need for me to sign every mail I send, nor is there the necessity of encrypting every mail I send to a certain person.
B.t.w. the original purchase was for the Windows version of PGP, but the license also works on the OSX version of the software (it always did). So it's not necessary to buy a new license when you switch platforms.
There is a downside though; It's not possible to download a full version for the license holders. You need to download the 30-day trail version. And you'll only get it when using a valid e-mail address.
In the old days they had some restriction on how many times (and in what time frame) you used an e-mail address.
Major bummer: the sign and encrypt buttons are no longer available in the Apple mail.app. So you need to use the builtin PGP proxy. So basically, there is no way of manipulating single messages (other than using the clipboard). There is no need for me to sign every mail I send, nor is there the necessity of encrypting every mail I send to a certain person.