Call me paranoid, but I always go for ROT-54 at least. I run mission critical data through ROT-2600.
> On Aug 16, 2015, at 5:03 PM, David McNab <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
