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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: bitcoina11d4y on March 03, 2012, 11:29 pm

Title: how to use pgp encryption for my address
Post by: bitcoina11d4y on March 03, 2012, 11:29 pm
Now, after logging onto SR, I clicked on "account". After going to that page it says "to deposit bitcoins, send them to this address:"

Don't I have to encrypt that address? It's already a bunch of random characters.

And if so... I have GNU Privacy Assistant and Kleopatra. I just dont know how to use them.

What do I do with the public PGP block that sellers post with their product explanations? How do i decrypt that?
Title: Re: how to use pgp encryption for my address
Post by: TravellingWithoutMoving on March 04, 2012, 02:21 am
What do I do with the public PGP block that sellers post with their product explanations? How do i decrypt that?

- you save it as text into a text editor, save it out as .asc or .gpg {SR use}for OpenPGP certificates and .pem oder .der for X.509 certificates 
  use a keyring app like kleopatra (?!.not what i use ..nvm) to import that public key for later use to send/receive encrypted msg's to that seller..
 
Title: Re: how to use pgp encryption for my address
Post by: bitcoina11d4y on March 04, 2012, 07:46 am
Thank you. I am starting to understand the process, this is the first time I've used pgp software so the help is very much appreciated.
Title: Re: how to use pgp encryption for my address
Post by: bitcoina11d4y on March 04, 2012, 07:48 am
gpg*?
Title: Re: how to use pgp encryption for my address
Post by: TravellingWithoutMoving on March 04, 2012, 08:58 pm
gpg*?

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=7114.0
- GnuPG versus pgp versus OpenPGP
Title: Re: how to use pgp encryption for my address
Post by: bitcoina11d4y on March 05, 2012, 06:40 pm
Wow thank you. That link was as helpful as it gets! So why is the seller's public encrypted key block used to send other encrypted messages to them? Why can't I just encrypt my sensitive information and send it without that key block?