On 26/06/2014 06:55, Scott Blaydes wrote: > On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:52 AM, rysiek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dnia środa, 25 czerwca 2014 11:20:50 stef pisze: >>> i noticed lots of users pgp-sign their mails to mailing-lists. what exactly >>> is the reason/usecase/attackvector you defend against for that? what >>> exactly is the reason for doing so on public mailing lists? and why does it >>> make sense to sign irrelevant messages like "+1" or "just kidding" - >>> assuming no stego usecase is in play. >> One more reason: spreading the word about GPG/PGP. This actually helps get >> people interested in encryption, and helps also inform people that do have a >> GPG/PGP key (but for different reasons do not use them on a general basis), >> that here's a person that does use it, and it's possible to encrypt e-mails >> to >> that person. >> >> Which might not be all that important on cpunks, I give you that, but a rule >> is a rule. ;) > I do it to let the people I am communicating with through plaintext email > know that I am setup and configured to handle encrypted communications. All > they need to do is pull my pub key off of a key server and then our > communications are encrypted from that point forward. > > The prevention of being impersonated is also one reason, along with a way to > secretly signal to the recipient that I am under duress and my words may not > be my own. > > Course that all goes out the window when emailing from my cellphone. That > ain’t no way I want my private key on my cellphone. Maybe you could create a signing subkey specifically for your cell phone. > > Thank you, > Scott Blaydes > > > ========================\ > /---------------------------------------------------------- > [email protected] \ / *BSD/Linux Advocate > crypto user > GPG 096EECF0D8A2381E \/ Society for Better Computing Ethics > gpg key on keyserver / \ http://sbce.org/ > -------------------------------------------/ > \================================== > > > cryptomars cryptoparty.fr
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