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question about gpg4win
    #22009958 - 07/28/15 02:23 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

alright. so this program uses a two-key system to encrypt messages. you have your secret key which is never shared, and a public key which is shared a lot.


my question is this- what stops anyone from reading the encrypted message? if they have your public key, and their secret key, what stops them from opening your message?


also, don't you kind of have to make your private key on a system that at least uses linux and is never connected to a network or does that matter?

i am more concerned about the first bit, i think there is something i am missing about gpg


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    #22030329 - 08/01/15 07:53 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: question about gpg4win [Re: 404]
    #22030519 - 08/01/15 08:41 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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404 said:
alright. so this program uses a two-key system to encrypt messages. you have your secret key which is never shared, and a public key which is shared a lot.


my question is this- what stops anyone from reading the encrypted message? if they have your public key, and their secret key, what stops them from opening your message?


also, don't you kind of have to make your private key on a system that at least uses linux and is never connected to a network or does that matter?

i am more concerned about the first bit, i think there is something i am missing about gpg





It's an asymmetrical encryption scheme. You share your public key with anybody you want to communicate privately with. They write a message and encrypt it with your public key. At this point, the only way to unencrypt the message is with your private key. If someone were to intercept it, all they would see is a bunch of jumbled up (encrypted) text. The other person's keys are not involved in the process.

Your best bet is to run the TAILS operating system from a USB flash drive for maximum privacy.


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