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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: BossNab on June 11, 2013, 12:01 am
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This has happened to me a few times so far...So I had to ask. Why are vendors asking for my shipping address via message? They usually lay on some excuse saying that their computer crashed or printer or something like that.
I have a reputable vendor who is asking me for my address without pgp right now because he cannot access his "crashed" computer and pgp key.
Is this a common thing?
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Common or not, never send any personal information without encryption. PGP is a required utility for being a vendor, it's up to them to get it working.
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Once against demonstrating that a PGP key is more about identity than privacy in anon communities.
If a vendor "loses" his key, most people become suspicious that he's compromised. Make three backups of your key!
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Find a vendor who uses PGP.
It takes very little time/effort to create a new key pair. If they don't care about your security enough to use PGP do you really want them shipping you drugs in the mail?
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Once against demonstrating that a PGP key is more about identity than privacy in anon communities.
If a vendor "loses" his key, most people become suspicious that he's compromised. Make three backups of your key!
Very good point.
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I've had to ask a couple of people after I've confirmed the order.. Usually just because I forgot to copy a street name or number or something.
It's FINE.. As long as you PGP it, the vendors the only one who can see it.