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Topic: what is PGP is and how to use it? (Read 1609 times)

legendary
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February 18, 2015, 09:21:01 AM
#8
Also don't forget to go for encryption eith higher number of bytes as it's more secure
hero member
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Unlimited Free Crypto
February 18, 2015, 04:06:43 AM
#7
I agree with the posts above the best way is to find a use for it for you and fro there you build how familiar you are with PGP. start with using thunderbird as an email client and install engimail plugin which will make it very easy to encrypt. decrypt and keep track of your cryptographic identites.
hero member
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February 17, 2015, 04:43:21 PM
#6
Thanks for all replies ! Smiley
legendary
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February 17, 2015, 05:02:52 AM
#5
There are basically two things you can do with PGP:

1. Encrypt/decrypt messages between you and somebody else.
2. Prove that you or somebody else are who they say they are.
full member
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Yoohoo
February 17, 2015, 03:22:43 AM
#4
PGP is 'pretty good privacy', encryption software. And most users use GnuPG, opensource implementation of it(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Privacy_Guard.)

https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org may be helpful for beginners.
hero member
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February 17, 2015, 03:14:07 AM
#3
Use it with Thunderbird! Always End-to-End Encryption!
sr. member
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February 17, 2015, 03:10:49 AM
#2
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a data encryption and decryption computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy
hero member
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February 17, 2015, 03:06:07 AM
#1
any people give a simple explanation of what PGP is and how to use it?
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