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I'm hoping this isn't a dumb question, but why does it matter that a public key is public-facing and unencrypted?
by MarioMan 7y ago
I'm hoping this isn't a dumb question, but why does it matter that a public key is public-facing and unencrypted?
- jurgemaister 7y agoIf someone intercepted the communication, they could swap the Avast key for their own, allowing them to decrypt your message.
- Leace 7y agoWhat jurgemaister said. If you don't have another trust mechanism (like Web of Trust) to validate if this is a correct key then HTTPS gives at least some assurance that no intermediaries between you and avast changed the key material.