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+ | ======Anonymous Encrypted Messages====== | ||
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+ | If you want to send an anonymous message using an OpenPGP based system then you don't sign it. That is it. That is the whole thing. It is conceptually the same as omitting a signature from a paper document. Simple and intuitive | ||
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+ | The result is that the sent message has no cryptographic proof of identity at all. Neither the intended recipient or an eavesdropper that somehow overcomes the encryption has any access to such proof. The message is truly anonymous. This is a kind of perfect deniability. | ||
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+ | Due to the way the [[pgpfan: | ||
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+ | Contrast that with systems that require signatures to protect the encryption. Such systems provide the user with no choice. Normally the best that can be done is some sort of [[pgpfan: | ||
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pgpfan/anonymous.txt · Last modified: 2021/05/26 00:19 by b.walzer