Learning PGP and Public-Key Cryptography

Episode 128 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Learning PGP and Public-Key Cryptography

Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker explain PGP and how to use it.

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Timeline
00:00 – Introduction
1:30 – Origins of encryption
5:10 – Ways we use PGP without knowing
8:50 – Why should someone get into PGP?
11:05 – Using PGP for authentication
17:50 – How can people start making use of PGP?
22:10 – Do we really need PGP today?
27:10 – How to get a PGP key: Kleopatra or Protonmail
31:52 – Downsides of generating PGP key from Protonmail
37:45 – How Signal takes takes encryption to the next level
48:20 – Final thoughts