Short, easy to understand explanation of GPG/PGP for nontechnical people?
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Does anyone have a link to a good, but short (1-2 paragraphs) explanation of the benefits of using GPG/PGP signing and encryption for Email focused at non-technical readers? That is, why would someone care about email being signed? I've looked but all I ever find are deeply technical, jargon filled documents; perhaps my Google-fu is failing me.
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Why Use PGP? -- probably fits your size. PGP is useful for two things: 1. Privacy and Security, and 2. Authenticity. By privacy, I mean that you can prevent people from seeing things. For example, you can encrypt an email to someone, or encrypt a file with a list of passwords. By Authenticity, I mean that you can ensure a message was sent/written by the person you think it was, and that it wasn't modified by a third party. Of course, these two can be combined. Would also recommend -- GnuPG FAQ …
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