A Pretty Good Introduction to Pretty Good Privacy

What's PGP, and what can we do with it? George walks us through creating and uploading a key, encrypting and signing emails, git commits, and files, and introduces the web of trust.

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[takatsukikum]

That's the best PGP explanation i've ever had. Thank you

[andyGPT]

This is really nice because you have also taken a lot of effort in explaining cryptography for everyone to understand. Reminds me of my lecturer Dr Rob Holton

[ashishdhiman]

Very easily explained by Mr. George. Thanks.

[Charlandjl]

Haha, coincidence that I'm watching this on the exact expiry date mentioned in the 26th minute.

[udug]

I WANA USE IT.... EDWARD SNOWDEN IS A HERO!

[leica_sl]

What's PGP, and what can we do with it? I use a GUI VERSION of PGP to encrypt
some of my sensitive txt files, et al .

[nickr]

26:00 If you edit the expiry date on your private key, wouldn't that mean that you've broken the web of trust and to reestablish it your friends will need to re-sign it? Does this require extending the expiration date on the key before it expires, since waiting until after the key expires and then extending it would break the web of trust?

[delvinmugo]

Nice Tutorial though the Querries at the background r are too much intrerruptive. aber Danke.

[totalbrainfail]

What person in that conference would think Edward Snowden is a bad guy? It's a fucking Emacs talk about PGP?

[mattsmith]

Here's a guide I put together that's pretty complete for the average user.

[JReklis]

It's an old vid and I do not expect a reply but if you are available could you please explain the implications of Australias encrypted messaging laws on this technology?

[monkeytron]

If you have to send a key for authentication why is that not a password?

[konacoffeeisgood]

the difference between a password and a passphrase? a space “should” be required if the system is asking for a passphrase. That’s it!

[rogernevez]

1. Why PGP private keys are so huge (ie: +6k characters)??? Why not 256bits pk??
2. Is it possible to create a PGP private key by rolling a dice?

[meepk]

Maybe just ask people to save their questions to the end so we don't have minute-long stretches of barely audible rambling?