Storing secrets on other people's computers

Daniel Kahn Gillmor dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Thu May 5 15:15:40 CEST 2011


On 05/04/2011 11:34 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> For the better part of a decade now I've volunteered to publish my private certificate in the _New York Times_ if someone will pay for the advertising space.  With a strong passphrase that's not known to anyone else, the private certificate is about as safe as can be.

The internet seems like a wider (and cheaper) distribution method than
the NYT.  So what are you waiting for?  I hereby volunteer to cover your
costs for posting your secret key to this mailing list :P

	--dkg

PS If Robert follows through on this, he certainly wouldn't be the only
person to publish his secret key.  Search for "BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY
BLOCK" in your favorite search engine.

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