GNUPG: High Level Cryptography by The Golden Keys Team - HTML preview

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 Introduction

 

 Welcome!

 

This guide was developed to help people understand what is cryptography, how it works and why they should use it. It deals primarily with e­mail cryptography, but there are also sections covering offline usage for local files.

 

Most people don't use cryptography simply because they don't know what it is, or they have erroneous ideas about it, such as being extremely complex, expensive and even outlawed.

They are also not aware of the risks and dangers they face by not using it.

 

On the other side, the largest IT companies and e­mail providers also do not provide adequate information on this issue and resist implementing cryptography in their systems because it would increase their costs without giving them direct benefits.

 

We believe that cryptography is essential and necessary to maintain privacy and security of digital communications, and the more people adopt this technology, the more it becomes an indispensable item which will come together with every service.

 

This guide is destined to laypersons, so it is easy to understand and there is no need of prior advanced knowledge. You will learn how to install and configure all the necessary programs to have cryptography working in your system, and by the end you will be able to communicate with other people with maximum privacy and security.

 

We hope you enjoy it. Thanks for choosing this guide!

 

Best regards,

 

The Golden Keys Team

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