Quote from: brodels on November 05, 2012, 04:34 amI made a purchase today. The seller's PGP code won't work. I could tell before I sent the encrypted message. It didn't show their email under PUBLIC KEYS. It just showed their username. All your statement above shows is that you simply do not understand what you are doing. You do NOT have to put an email address on a PGP key. I don't. gpg --list-keys nightcrawlerpub 4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22uid Nightcrawler sub 4096R/FF98C3EA 2012-09-22No email address here. Quote from: brodels on November 05, 2012, 04:34 amThey messaged me that my encrypted message didn't work. They said to try again or just message them my address without PGP. I tried a couple times and I definitely copied their code correctly. You may have copied their key correctly -- that doesn't mean that you encrypted the message correctly. There is a thread here on the Forum for posting your PGP keys, and another for sending and receiving encrypted messages so you can learn how to properly use the software. It's entirely possible that you encrypted the message to the vendor using only your own PGP key -- it's an error frequently made by new PGP users. Quote from: brodels on November 05, 2012, 04:34 amThey are a new seller with 27 transactions. Maybe I'm being paranoid but it feels a little sketchy. Do most of you follow strict guidelines to only enter your address when encrypted or do you not mind to put it out there without encryption?The sketchiness of the vendor simply doesn't enter into it. The rationale behind using PGP to encrypt your address information is to prevent LEA or hackers gaining access to your information, should the SR servers ever be compromised. Whether encrypted or not, the vendor is always going to have access to your address information -- if they did not, they would not be able to ship you your order.