Why worry about public/private key encryption? I've used ROT-26 encryption for years, and it's simple and has never let me down ;)
On 17 August 2015 at 08:18, john lunzer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]. >> 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. >> >> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
