Re: "What's wrong with...?"

[mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2020-08-22 19:25, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> * 2020-08-22 11:19:17+01, mick crane wrote:
>
> > On 2020-08-21 18:46, local10 wrote:
> > > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on
> > > Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would
> > > be able decrypt and read them?
>
> > If these are documents what's wrong with open office protected with
> > passphrase ?
>
> Q: What should we eat today?
> A: What's wrong with Chinese food?
>
> Q: What novel do you suggest me to read next?
> A: What's wrong with The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin?
>
>
> Is there a culture where "what's wrong with" means "I suggest"? Or is
> there a culture where it is common that person's suggestion will be
> rejected and they prepare for that by turning it to a question: "What's
> wrong with [my suggestion]?"
>
> OK, sorry. No need for long cultural off-topic discussions. I just 
> think
> that such counter question are strange. Questions which have completely
> wrong premises.

The OP is asking to encrypt a document (presumably) and send to a 
windows user to decrypt.
While a password protected zip file is an excellent suggestion the 
windows user has to remember where they extracted it and then find 
something to read it with and document may have formatting.
If I'm remembering correctly microsoft word can open passphrase 
protected Open Office Writer files which is just one click but I'm not 
going to go on Microsoft store to install it to find out.

mick
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