User:Shirik/Secure communications

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I use PGP for authentication and encryption of communication, particularly email. If you see a key signed by mine, that means I have either met the key owner face-to-face or performed an encrypted challenge-response with the user which verified simultaneous control of the Wikipedia account, email account, and key. If an encrypted challenge-response was used, only a level 0 signature will be issued (anything beyond that requires face-to-face meeting). If you would like me to sign your key, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or send me an email to one of the addresses listed on my key.

My committed identity is a SHA-512 hash of a phrase only I know, has never been permanently stored on a computer, and will be changed or revoked only by a message signed by my PGP key. In case of account crisis, this phrase can be used to verify my identity. Should I need to release the phrase, the commitment will expire and I will select a new phrase and hash.

My PGP public key ID is 0xAAE62850, expand for key:
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Version: SKS 1.1.3

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Nk1PiVoYQpYa70qSq+BdsxXzxw/fKjTNYP0=
=ZM6U
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Committed identity:
37613ff2 6667873f d36ec97c 7789677f 
6a846e22 1e1548b0 dfa176a7 ef5efb78
3e08b0de 698b23bb 972bef4c a9ec4537
f41451a5 9e1ec004 3a60d8c7 44be4c4b
is a SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.