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Title: Facebook is to use PGP encryption? Post by: MightyStorm on June 05, 2015, 03:54:17 AM Users can now request all notifications and sensitive emails (http://cointelegraph.com/news/114448/facebook-announces-pgp-end-to-end-encryption-used-by-snowden?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=bitcointalk&utm_term=evg) to be encrypted using Facebook’s publicly posted PGP key.
Sorry, put a wrong link when posting initially. Now it should work fine. Title: Re: Facebook is to use PGP encryption? Post by: favdesu on June 05, 2015, 05:01:44 AM Users can now request all notifications and sensitive emails (http://users can also request all notifications and sensitive emails to be encrypted using Facebook’s publicly posted PGP key.) to be encrypted using Facebook’s publicly posted PGP key. does facebook have your private key? In this case, this announcement it worthless. Title: Re: Facebook is to use PGP encryption? Post by: xmaxbit on June 05, 2015, 06:00:52 AM Link given by you leads to nowhere . Are you sure about the OP ?
Title: Re: Facebook is to use PGP encryption? Post by: TheButterZone on June 05, 2015, 06:50:51 AM Users can now request all notifications and sensitive emails (http://users can also request all notifications and sensitive emails to be encrypted using Facebook’s publicly posted PGP key.) to be encrypted using Facebook’s publicly posted PGP key. does facebook have your private key? In this case, this announcement it worthless. LOL. No. You put in your public key block, they send you an encrypted email to confirm, hopefully you easily decrypt it with Enigmail (or another OpenPGP email app/plugin/etc), and click the confirmation link inside, IIRC. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/01/facebook-introduces-pgp-encryption-for-sensitive-emails https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/securing-email-communications-from-facebook/1611941762379302 Title: Re: Facebook is to use PGP encryption? Post by: MightyStorm on June 05, 2015, 07:49:14 AM Link given by you leads to nowhere . Are you sure about the OP ? My bad, fixed the link. |