[Wolves] Totally anonymous email

[Jon Farmer]

Peter Cannon wrote:

>>If hiding things implies some form of illegality, why do people use pgp and  
>>other encryption?
> 
> 
> Um for security? 

Actually people use PGP for privacy, a bi-product of privacy is a level
of security.


> pgp is not used for hiding you're identity in fact one of its purposes is 'to 
> identify/prove who you are' with the added bonus of protecting your 
> communication from prying eyes.

PGP can be used to both prove who you are and also hide who you are.
Both are long established aims of cryptography.

Regards

Jon


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Jon Farmer
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