Facebook and OpenPGP

[antony at blazrsoft.com]

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I don't see any harm in it. I uploaded my public key and they verified that I could decrypt it by a link in an encrypted email. 5 whole seconds out of my day to get encrypted emails from Facebook. They now have information that was publicly available on any sks keyserver already. Good for them for integrating any kind of encryption into their contact preferences. Use it, don't use it, I really don't think it makes much of a difference overall. Just good to see any kind of widespread adoption of encryption from a major influence among some people as Facebook.

On June 1, 2015 5:43:10 PM EDT, Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 22:17:33 +0200, Einar Ryeng stated:
>
>> > A comment worth reading in case one does not see it oneself IMHO:
>> >
>https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2015/06/01/facebook-offers-to-send-you-encrypted-emails-this-wont-help-you/
>
>>
>> Well, that comment seems to identify the two main groups you want to
>hide
>> information from as being Facebook and the US government. If that was
>true,
>> you probably wouldn't be on FB in the first place.
>
>Honestly, the only email I ever get from FB is a notification that
>someone
>posted on my page or left me a message. I fail to see any point
>whatsoever in
>bothering to encrypt this nonsense. However, each to their own.
>
>--
>Jerry
>
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