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> Incorrect. To encrypt a message, you only need the intended recipient's public key. You don't need your own private key. I don't think this is right. The di
by coherentpony 13y ago
> Incorrect. To encrypt a message, you only need the intended recipient's public key. You don't need your own private key.
I don't think this is right. The diagram here appears to depict otherwise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Public_key_shared_secret.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Public_key_shared_secret....
- jnbiche 13y agoNo. This diagram is depicting the creation of a shared secret for symmetric communication. PGP is asymmetric. I tell you what. Do you have a PGP keypair? Post your public key here (the one you would host on a public keyserver) and I'll show you a short script that can encrypt information that only you can read using your private key. It will use no other keypair besides your own public key.