PGP keys on Jalopnik? 

"BATC42" (BATC42) 03/24/2015 at 19:14 • Filed to: None

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At the end of Damon's article on Clarkson being sacked, a nice PGP key. That's awesome.

PGP fingerprint: 7301 D7FC 2FF6 D437 E5A7 0568 3A14 624A 1800 4C85

XJDano > BATC42 03/24/2015 at 19:17

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What is it?

Brian, The Life of > XJDano 03/24/2015 at 19:18

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It's pretty good.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > BATC42 03/24/2015 at 19:20

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What's the point of a pgp key?

spanfucker retire bitch > XJDano 03/24/2015 at 19:21

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It allows you to send encrypted e-mail as long as you have your own PGP key.

It uses PKE, or Public Key Encryption. You share your public key (that PGP key posted above is the public key) with whoever you want to send information to. They encrypt that information (it doesn't have to be e-mail) with the recipient's public key. They can then decrypt it with their private key.

In that manner, it doesn't matter at all that anyone and everyone can see his public key - that's the point. What matters is the sanctity of Damon's private key.

XJDano > spanfucker retire bitch 03/24/2015 at 19:22

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Uhh, yeah. Ok.

spanfucker retire bitch > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 03/24/2015 at 19:23

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See above.

spanfucker retire bitch > XJDano 03/24/2015 at 19:24

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Yeah, encryption is...something else. I have a very, very, very broad overview understanding it. Anything more detailed is WHOOSH right over my head.

Basically, the entirety of HTTPS on the internet runs on PKE. Without PKE, the industry of the internet quite frankly would never have existed.

XJDano > spanfucker retire bitch 03/24/2015 at 19:28

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Ok, I'll get out my decoder ring.

I have zero clue still. I work in construction & without going into details, swing a hammer, theoretically speaking.

BATC42 > XJDano 03/24/2015 at 20:23

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As he said, it allows you to encrypt e-mail you want to send to him. That way only him can read them, not everyone else (read : NSA and CCHQ).