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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://xkcd.com/364/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

i didn't understand that xkcd :/, what signing public key do?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Here you go. It's basically you signing a message saying this public key belongs to X. Those who trust you can then trust that the key does belong to X and hasn't been tampered with.

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