Since these posts can also be useful elsewhere, here are the clearnet links for them. Using Tor is preferable, but a TLS/SSLv3 connection may be the best of a bad situation sometimes:Cyphre Security Guides (master post)https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=38861.0*** The HOWTOs ***GPG HOWTO: GPG Configuration - The gpg.conf filehttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=34204.0GPG HOWTO: Creating large keys and mixing algorithms (expert mode)https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=28474.0GPG HOWTO: Backing up secret keys securelyhttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=28859.0GPG HOWTO: Introduction to the GPG command linehttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=35022.0GPG HOWTO: Encrypting to yourself and a vendor, but concealing all recipientshttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=29235.0PrivacyBox HOWTO: Alternative to Privnote for address datahttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=33117.0GPG HOWTO: Compiling GPG 1.4.x to Support Larger Key Creation (advanced)https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=42923.0*** Advisories and Applications ***OpenPGP Advisory (PGP/GPG/etc. keys)https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=28350.0GPGDropThing: GPG GUI for OS Xhttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=35310.0*** Other important threads/posts ***squidShepherd: Welcome to the Security Subforum [READ THIS]https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=42094.0Botulism: Post PGP keys herehttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=174.0Guru: Label your PGP/GPG Keys appropriately, please!https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=33566.0Guru: DO NOT USE BROKEN PGP SOFTWARE LIKE PortablePGP!https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=42253.0Kind Bud: PGP Basic Etiquettehttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=1048.0John Keats: The Complete All-in-One Guide on How to Anonymously Use Silk Roadhttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=15383.0Digital Alch: Scrubbing MetaData from Images in Ubuntu - Security Lesson - V2.0https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=142.0shepj: GPG (Step-by-Step: Windows Pictorial)https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=131.0kmfkewm: command line gpg - easier than shithttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=42031.0Pine: PGP Club!https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=30938.0Pine: HOWTO: Pine's Tutorial on stopping LE malware with a virtual machine.https://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=39320.0BigEasy: TorBirdy - Torifying Thunderbird & Icedovehttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=39546.0eJ3k1: List of useful .onion siteshttps://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion.to/index.php?topic=28725.0wicked420: External Sitehttps://p3lr4cdm3pv4plyj.onion.to/wicked420: GPG4USB guide [EXTERNAL]https://p3lr4cdm3pv4plyj.onion.to/gpg4usb/