I understand their general purpose but not why that xkcd strip is funny. What are people using them for, why post your public key? I've encountered public/private key use for encryption a couple times, and it wasn't funny.
On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 11:16:58 AM UTC-4, Jacob Peck wrote: > > On 8/16/2015 11:11 AM, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 7:52 PM, john lunzer <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I don't get it (even after doing research), I'm definitely not cool >> enough for the internet, but xkcd often makes me feel like an inferior life >> form. >> > > ​Private keys must remain private. Otherwise, anyone could read what you > have encrypted. > > Or, worse, anyone could encrypt or sign something and have it appear to > all the world that you did it (thus the hover text). Private key = identity > in many cases. > -->Jake > > EKR > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
