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Using a PGP key with email (piefed.ca)
submitted 5 days ago by cyborganism@piefed.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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Hello, I want to use a PGP key with my Proton mail account.

I was wondering how using PGP works exactly. Does it encrypt the whole email message? Or is it only a signature to prove it's origin?

How does it affect recipients if they don't have my public key? Or how do I share that key securely?

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[-] cyborganism@piefed.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Ah ok, so it's like a MD5 sum of the email with a signature key then.

[-] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Are you trying to use an email client for proton mail without paying for plus?

[-] cyborganism@piefed.ca 2 points 4 days ago

No I have a paid subscription. But I'm using their Android app, as well as Thunderbird in Linux.

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