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Rumor mill / Re: ***Vendors Are Buying And Selling Feedback on Silk Road*** WARNING!!!!!!
« on: July 09, 2011, 08:07 pm »ugh, the pgp argument again. this is way off topic of this post but I have to comment
it is a useless way of thinking you are more secure than you are. period
if you have a public key, what is to stop any non-legit person from having the public key also? ANYONE can read and write messages using the PUBLIC key posted right?
if anything, I can say I am weary of people who use it to make themselves seem more "legit" than they really
I REFUSE to use pgp, if that loses me a sale, so be it. I NEVER message or conduct business outside of SR so for me there is no need to encrypt anything. I don't keep records and I have no need to do so
anyone who thinks they are being somehow MORE secure using encryption for everything is fooling themselves. you set yourself up to be lazy and complacent thinking you are protected when you are not.
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flame away
Not a flame, but I recommend that you should not knock it before you try it. 1. it takes some time and effort to learn how to use it. 2. Lets say you encrypt a message with my key. I am the only person that can open and read that encrypted message. Even if my computer was compromised, the person would have to know the passphrase that I used to make the key.
But, you are right, just because someone has a gpg does not automatically make them legit. But, its one less red flag and one more layer of security.
Another example: Lets say Silk road gets compromised (god forbid) and the feds are now in control of the market. If you were to purchase something and use the gpg key, no-one but the vendor that you encrypted it to would be able to decrypt and see your home address.
So, if you get the grasped of the whole thing, it really does make a lot of sense. Plus, its free!