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Tor says it’s "still safe" amid reports of police deanonymizing users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shared key???? PGP works on a public-private key-pair, and unless you're giving out your private key, it's not shared with anyone. This is blatant misinformation

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The public key is public and there is a single vulnerable private key. Someone can identify you with the use of your public key and if someone gets access to your private key (maybe a solen device) they can decrypt logged messages that used that key. This means they can still get access even if you deleted the messages off your device.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That is indeed a disadvantage of PGP. Unfortunately, it is the most portable method of encryption text at rest at the moment. The moment somebody manages to figure out a way to use the Diffie-Hellman algorithm in a portable manner, I'm sure a lot of people will consider that a viable alternative. Till then, learn about disk encryption to keep your keys safe