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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Gwolf927 on February 05, 2012, 08:11 am
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just getting started and was wondering if it is safe to put my Addy in the address box for sale in the cart.or do i have to encrypt it .
is PGP just for emailing
is there somewhere to get PGP for free
any suggestions for how to set up for a noob I'm running tor on a mem stick,strong passwords,throw away lap top, on my home modem,is that good enough
not worried too much about the mail stuff just the tech stuff
thanks any help will do
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Pgp is free. You can get it here: http://gnupg.org/
If your using windows or a mac you can find a howto here: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=8962.msg81426#msg81426
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just getting started and was wondering if it is safe to put my Addy in the address box for sale in the cart.or do i have to encrypt it ....
I think it's safe to say that the consensus here is that encrypting your address information -- if not *all* communications -- is the safest course. By using encryption, if SR's PM facility were to be compromised in some way, you could be certain that no one other than the recipient of your messages would be able to read them.
...is PGP just for emailing...
Not necessarily. You can -- and I would say *should* -- encrypt any communication containing information that you would want to remain as private as possible. That would include PMs here, on the main site, or on other sites as well as e-mails.
In addition to the links that Oldtoker mentioned, you may want to examine the "GPG (Step-by-Step: Windows Pictorial)" thread [ dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=131.0 ] for an idea of how to go about setting things up. (It's not difficult, although possibly confusing at first.) And don't hesitate to ask if you get stuck or have questions.
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Here's a guide I wrote up for new SR users:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=9067.0