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b3ec2c8d 21 <h1>Email Self-Defense</h1>
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b3d5c595 77 We fight for computer users' rights, and promote the development of free (as in freedom) software. Resisting bulk surveillance is very important to us.
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d8ced2c3 81 We want to translate this guide into more languages, and make a version for encryption on mobile devices. Please donate, and help people around the world take the first step towards protecting their privacy with free software.
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90 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Guide Introduction ~~~~~~~~~ -->
91 <div class="intro">
bf4eb540 92 <p>
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66a99343 94 Bulk surveillance violates our fundamental rights and makes free speech risky. This guide will teach you a basic surveillance self-defense skill: email encryption. Once you've finished, you'll be able to send and receive emails that are coded to make sure a surveillance agent or thief intercepting your email can't read it. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection, an email account, and about half an hour.</p>
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96<p>Even if you have nothing to hide, using encryption helps protect the privacy of people you communicate with, and makes life difficult for bulk surveillance systems. If you do have something important to hide, you're in good company; these are the same tools that Edward Snowden used to share his famous secrets about the NSA.</p>
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8015decf 98<p>In addition to using encryption, standing up to surveillance requires fighting politically for a <a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">reduction in the amount of data collected on us</a>, but the essential first step is to protect yourself and make surveillance of your communication as difficult as possible. Let's get started!</p>
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946f0ee1 100 </div><!-- End .intro -->
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103 </header><!-- End #header -->
104
2cb815ae 105<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 1: Get the pieces ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 106 <section class="row" id="section1">
bdf319c4 107 <div>
5c207a4d 108 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 109 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 110 <h2><em>#1</em> Get the pieces</h2>
1b319a0f 111<p class="notes">This guide relies on software which is freely licensed; it's completely transparent and anyone can copy it or make their own version. This makes it safer from surveillance than proprietary software (like Windows). Learn more about free software at <a href="https://u.fsf.org/ys">fsf.org</a>.</p>
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66a99343 113<p>Most GNU/Linux operating systems come with GnuPG installed on them, so you don't have to download it. Before configuring GnuPG though, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. Most GNU/Linux distributions have a free software version of the Thunderbird email program available to install. This guide will work with them, in addition to Thunderbird itself. Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like Gmail), but provide extra features.</p>
e7485dc5 114 <p>If you already have an email program, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
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2378bdbf 118 <div id="step-1a" class="step">
2cb815ae 119 <div class="sidebar">
de0ab142 120 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1a-install-wizard.png" alt="Step 1.A: Install Wizard" /></p>
2cb815ae 121 </div><!-- /.sidebar -->
2378bdbf 122 <div class="main">
e7485dc5 123 <h3><em>Step 1.a</em> Setup your email program with your email account</h3>
c8a248b8 124 <p>Open your email program and follow the wizard (step-by-step walkthrough) that sets it up with your email account.</p>
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126 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
127 <div class="troubleshooting">
128 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
129 <dl>
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130 <dt>The wizard doesn't launch</dt>
131 <dd>You can launch the wizard yourself, but the menu option for doing so is named differently in each email programs. The button to launch it will be in the program's main menu, under "New" or something similar, titled something like "Add account" or "New/Existing email account."</dd>
132 <dt>The wizard can't find my account or isn't downloading my mail</dt>
a60a6e36 133 <dd>Before searching the Web, we recommend you start by asking other people who use your email system, to figure out the correct settings.</dd>
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134 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
135 <dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review">feedback page</a>.</dd>
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146 <li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-01-tools-addons.png" alt="Step 1.B: Tools -> Add-ons" /></li>
147 <li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-02-search.png" alt="Step 1.B: Search Add-ons" /></li>
148 <li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-03-install.png" alt="Step 1.B: Install Add-ons" /></li>
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151 <div class="main">
152 <h3><em>Step 1.b</em> Install the Enigmail plugin for your email program</h3>
e7485dc5 153 <p>In your email program's menu, select Add-ons (it may be in the Tools section). Make sure Extensions is selected on the left. Do you see Enigmail? If so, skip this step.</p>
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154 <p>If not, search "Enigmail" with the search bar in the upper right. You can take it from here. Restart your email program when you're done.</p>
155 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
156 <div class="troubleshooting">
157 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
158 <dl>
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159 <dt>I can't find the menu.</dt>
160 <dd>In many new email programs, the main menu is represented by an image of three stacked horizontal bars.</dd>
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162 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
163 <dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review">feedback page</a>.</dd>
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166 </div><!-- End .main -->
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6c495e2d 169 </section><!-- End #section1 -->
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2cb815ae 171<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 2: Make your keys ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 172 <section class="row" id="section2">
bdf319c4 173 <div>
5c207a4d 174 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 175 <div class="section-intro">
bdf319c4 176 <h2><em>#2</em> Make your keys</h2>
bbfaa44d 177 <p>To use the GnuPG system, you'll need a public key and a private key (known together as a keypair). Each is a long string of randomly generated numbers and letters that are unique to you. Your public and private keys are linked together by a special mathematical function.</p>
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179<p>Your public key isn't like a physical key, because it's stored in the open in an online directory called a keyserver. People download it and use it, along with GnuPG, to encrypt emails they send to you. You can think of the keyserver as phonebook, where people who want to send you an encrypted email look up your public key.</p>
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181<p>Your private key is more like a physical key, because you keep it to yourself (on your computer). You use GnuPG and your private key to decode encrypted emails other people send to you.</p>
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185 <div id="step-2a" class="step">
186 <div class="sidebar">
de0ab142 187 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step2a-01-make-keypair.png" alt="Step 2.A: Make a Keypair" /></p>
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189 <div class="main">
190 <h3><em>Step 2.a</em> Make a keypair</h3>
e7485dc5 191 <p>The Enigmail Setup wizard may start automatically. If it doesn't, select Enigmail &rarr; Setup Wizard from your email program's menu. You don't need to read the text in the window that pops up unless you'd like to, but it's good to read the text on the later screens of the wizard. Click Next with the default options selected, except in these instances:</p>
a632ae17 192<ul>
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193 <li>On the screen titled "Encryption," select "Encrypt all of my messages by default, because privacy is critical to me."</li>
194 <li>On the screen titled "Signing," select "Don't sign my messages by default."</li>
a9b758ff 195 <li>On the screen titled "Key Selection," select "I want to create a new key pair for signing and encrypting my email."</li>
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196 <li>On the screen titled "Create Key," pick a strong password! Your password should be at least 12 characters and include at least one lower case and upper case letter and at least one number or punctuation symbol. Don't forget the password, or all this work will be wasted!</li>
197</ul>
034f3546 198 <p class="notes">The program will take a little while to finish the next step, the "Key Creation" screen. While you wait, do something else with your computer, like watching a movie or browsing the Web. The more you use the computer at this point, the faster the key creation will go.</p>
c8a248b8 199 <p>When the "Key Generation Completed" screen pops up, select Generate Certificate and choose to save it in a safe place on your computer (we recommend making a folder called "Revocation Certificate" in your home folder and keeping it there). You'll learn more about the revocation certificate in <a href="#section5">Section 5</a>.</p>
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201 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
202 <div class="troubleshooting">
203 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
204 <dl>
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205 <dt>I can't find the Enigmail menu.</dt>
206 <dd>In many new email programs, the main menu is represented by an image of three stacked horizontal bars. Enigmail may be inside a section called Tools.</dd>
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207 <dt>The wizard says that it cannot find GnuPG.</dt>
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2ba31b7b 209 <dd>Open whatever program you usually use for installing software, and search for GnuPG, then install it. Then restart the Enigmail setup wizard by going to Enigmail &rarr; Setup Wizard.</dd>
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211 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
212 <dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review">feedback page</a>.</dd>
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215 </div><!-- End .main -->
216 </div><!-- End #step-2a .step -->
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219 <div id="step-2b" class="step">
220 <div class="main">
221 <h3><em>Step 2.b</em> Upload your public key to a keyserver</h3>
2ba31b7b 222 <p>In your email program's menu, select Enigmail &rarr; Key Management.</p>
8bd50444 223<p>Right click on your key and select Upload Public Keys to Keyserver. Use the default keyserver in the popup.</p>
7a3d8912 224<p class="notes">Now someone who wants to send you an encrypted message can download your public key from the Internet. There are multiple keyservers that you can select from the menu when you upload, but they are all copies of each other, so it doesn't matter which one you use. However, it sometimes takes a few hours for them to match each other when a new key is uploaded.</p>
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225 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
226 <div class="troubleshooting">
227 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
228 <dl>
1536eb6d 229 <dt>The progress bar never finishes.</dt>
66a99343 230 <dd>Close the upload popup, make sure you are connected to the Internet, and try again. If that doesn't work, try again, selecting a different keyserver.</dd>
f0264d3e 231<dt>My key doesnt appear in the list</dt>
b40f9711 232 <dd>Try checking "Display All Keys by Default."</dd>
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234 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
235 <dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review">feedback page</a>.</dd>
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242 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ a div for each step ~~~~~~~~~ -->
243 <div id="terminology" class="step">
244 <div class="main">
245 <h3>GnuPG, OpenPGP, what?</h3>
2ba31b7b 246 <p>In general, the terms GnuPG, GPG, GNU Privacy Guard, OpenPGP and PGP are used interchangeably. Technically, OpenPGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is the encryption standard, and GNU Privacy Guard (often shortened to GPG or GnuPG) is the program that implements the standard. Enigmail is a plug-in program for your email program that provides an interface for GnuPG.</p>
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2cb815ae 254<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Try it out ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 255 <section class="row" id="section3">
bdf319c4 256 <div>
5c207a4d 257 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 258 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 259 <h2><em>#3</em> Try it out!</h2>
b3d5c595 260 <p>Now you'll try a test correspondence with a computer program named Edward, which knows how to use encryption. Except where noted, these are the same steps you'd follow when corresponding with a real, live person.</p>
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264 <div id="step-3a" class="step">
265 <div class="sidebar">
de0ab142 266 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/section3-try-it-out.png" alt="Try it out." /></p>
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268 <div class="main">
b3d5c595 269 <h3><em>Step 3.a</em> Send Edward your public key</h3>
2ba31b7b 270 <p>This is a special step that you won't have to do when corresponding with real people. In your email program's menu, go to Enigmail &rarr; Key Management. You should see your key in the list that pops up. Right click on your key and select Send Public Keys by Email. This will create a new draft message, as if you had just hit the Write button.</p>
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1dd15497 272<p>Address the message to edward-en@fsf.org. Put at least one word (whatever you want) in the subject and body of the email. Don't send yet.</p>
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274<p>There should be an icon of a yellow key in the bottom right of the composition window. This means that encryption is on, however, we want this first special message to Edward to be unencrypted. Click the key icon once to turn encryption off. The key should become grey, with a blue dot on it (to alert you that the setting has been changed from the default). Once encryption is off, hit Send.</p>
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b3d5c595 276<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Edward to respond. In the meantime, you might want to skip ahead and check out the <a href="#section5">Use it Well</a> section of this guide. Once he's responded, head to the next step. From here on, you'll be doing just the same thing as when corresponding with a real person.</p>
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278<p>When you open Edward's reply, Enigmail may prompt you for your password before using your private key to decrypt it.</p>
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283 <div id="step-3b" class="step">
284 <div class="main">
285 <h3><em>Step 3.b</em> Send a test encrypted email</h3>
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286 <p>Write a new email in your email program, addressed to edward-en@fsf.org. Make the subject "Encryption test" or something similar and write something in the body.</p>
287 <p>They key in the bottom right of the window should be yellow, meaning encryption is on. This will be your default from now on.</p>
d325c924 288 <p class="notes">Next to the key, you'll notice an icon of a pencil. Clicking this tells Enigmail to add a special, unique signature to your message, generated using your private key. This is a separate feature from encryption, and you don't have to use it for this guide.</p>
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289 <p>Click Send. Enigmail will pop up a window that says "Recipients not valid, not trusted or not found."</p>
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357dc69d 291 <p>To encrypt an email to Edward, you need his public key, so now you'll have Enigmail download it from a keyserver. Click Download Missing Keys and use the default in the pop-up that asks you to choose a keyserver. Once it finds keys, check the first one (Key ID starting with C), then select ok. Select ok in the next pop-up.</p>
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c8a248b8 293 <p>Now you are back at the "Recipients not valid, not trusted or not found" screen. Check the box in front of Edward's key and click Send.</p>
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295<p class="notes">Since you encrypted this email with Edward's public key, Edward's private key is required to decrypt it. Edward is the only one with his private key, so no one except him &mdash; not even you &mdash; can decrypt it.</p>
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296 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
297 <div class="troubleshooting">
298 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
299 <dl>
b3d5c595 300 <dt>Enigmail can't find Edward's key</dt>
7a944c0b 301 <dd>Close the pop-ups that have appeared since you clicked Send. Make sure you are connected to the Internet and try again. If that doesn't work, repeat the process, choosing a different keyserver when it asks you to pick one.</dd>
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302 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
303 <dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review">feedback page</a>.</dd>
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305 </div><!-- /.troubleshooting -->
306 </div><!-- End .main -->
307 </div><!-- End #step-3b .step -->
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310 <div id="step-headers_unencrypted" class="step">
311 <div class="main">
6e1b0fa2 312 <h3><em>Important:</em> Security tips</h3>
81e841e8 313 <p>Even if you encrypted your email, the subject line is not encrypted, so don't put private information there. The sending and receiving addresses aren't encrypted either, so they could be read by a surveillance system. When you send attachments, Enigmail will give you an option of whether you want to encrypt them.</p>
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320 <div id="step-3c" class="step">
321 <div class="main">
322 <h3><em>Step 3.c</em> Receive a response</h3>
97925583 323 <p>When Edward receives your email, he will use his private key to decrypt it, then use your public key (which you sent him in <a href="#step-3a">Step 3.A</a>) to encrypt his reply to you.</p>
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326 <p>When you receive Edward's email and open it, Enigmail will automatically detect that it is encrypted with your public key, and then it will use your private key to decrypt it.</p>
327 <p>Notice the bar that Enigmail shows you above the message, with information about the status of Edward's key.</p>
2378bdbf 328 </div><!-- End .main -->
43bd32d7 329 </div><!-- End #step-3c .step -->
6c495e2d 330
61bbfa91 331<!-- STEP 3D IS COMMENTED OUT UNTIL WE FIND A WAY TO VALIDATE SIGNATURES
43bd32d7 332 <div id="step-3d" class="step">
2378bdbf 333 <div class="main">
43bd32d7 334 <h3><em>Step 3.d</em> Send a test signed email to a friend</h3>
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335 <p>Write a new email in your email program, addressed to a friend. If you want, tell them about this guide!</p>
336 <p>Before sending the email, click the icon of the pencil in the bottom right of the composition window (it should turn yellow). This tells Enigmail to sign the email with you private key.</p>
337 <p>After you click send, Enigmail will ask you for your password. It will do this any time it needs to use your public key.</p>
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339 </div>-->
bdf319c4 340 </div>
d351e1bf 341 </section><!-- End #section3 -->
61bbfa91 342
bdf319c4 343
2cb815ae 344<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 4: Learn the Web of Trust ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 345 <section class="row" id="section4">
bdf319c4 346 <div>
5c207a4d 347 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 348 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 349 <h2><em>#4</em> Learn the Web of Trust</h2>
b0ce405b 350 <p>Email encryption is a powerful technology, but it has a weakness; it requires a way to verify that a person's public key is actually theirs. Otherwise, there would be no way to stop an attacker from making an email address with your friend's name, creating keys to go with it and impersonating your friend. That's why the free software programmers that developed email encryption created keysigning and the Web of Trust.</p>
eacb2880 351
66a99343 352<p>When you sign someone's key, you are publicly saying that you trust that it does belong to them and not an impostor. People who use your public key can see the number of signatures it has. Once you've used GnuPG for a long time, you may have hundreds of signatures. The Web of Trust is the constellation of all GnuPG users, connected to each other by chains of trust expressed through signatures, forming a giant network. The more signatures a key has, and the more signatures its signers' keys have, the more trustworthy that key is.</p>
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2ba31b7b 354<p>People's public keys are usually identified by their key fingerprint, which is a string of digits like F357AA1A5B1FA42CFD9FE52A9FF2194CC09A61E8 (for Edward's key). You can see the fingerprint for your public key, and other public keys saved on your computer, by going to Enigmail &rarr; Key Management in your email program's menu, then right clicking on the key and choosing Key Properties. It's good practice to share your fingerprint wherever you share your email address, so that people can double-check that they have the correct public key when they download yours from a keyserver.</p>
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c8a248b8 356<p class="notes">You may also see public keys referred to by their key ID, which is simply the last 8 digits of the fingerprint, like C09A61E8 for Edward. The key ID is visible directly from the Key Management window. This key ID is like a person's first name (it is a useful shorthand but may not be unique to a given key), whereas the fingerprint actually identifies the key uniquely without the possibility of confusion. If you only have the key ID, you can still look up the key (as well as its fingerprint), like you did in Step 3, but if multiple options appear, you'll need the fingerprint of the person to whom are trying to communicate to verify which one to use.</p>
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363 <div class="sidebar">
de0ab142 364 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/section4-web-of-trust.png" alt="Section 4: Web of Trust" /></p>
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365 </div><!-- /.sidebar -->
366 <div class="main">
367 <h3><em>Step 4.a</em> Sign a key</h3>
2ba31b7b 368 <p>In your email program's menu, go to Enigmail &rarr; Key Management.</p>
b3d5c595 369 <p>Right click on Edward's public key and select Sign Key from the context menu.</p>
66a99343 370 <p>In the window that pops up, select "I will not answer" and click ok.</p>
c8a248b8 371 <p>Now you should be back at the Key Management menu. Select Keyserver &rarr; Upload Public Keys and hit ok.</p>
b3d5c595 372 <p class="notes">You've just effectively said "I trust that Edward's public key actually belongs to Edward." This doesn't mean much because Edward isn't a real person, but it's good practice.</p>
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378 <p><strong>To:</strong> <input type="text" placeholder="50BD01x4" name="TO"></p>
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379 <p class="buttons"><input type="submit" value="trust paths" name="PATHS"> <input type="reset" value="reset" name=".reset"></p>
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382
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384 </div><!-- End #step-4a .step -->
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387 <div id="step-sign_real_keys" class="step">
388 <div class="main">
389 <h3><em>Important:</em> check people's identification before signing their keys</h3>
19d4fe06 390 <p>Before signing a real person's key, always make sure it actually belongs to them, and that they are who they say they are. Ask them to show you their ID (unless you trust them very highly) and their public key fingerprint -- not just the shorter public key ID, which could refer to another key as well. In Enigmail, answer honestly in the window that pops up and asks "How carefully have you verified that the key you are about to sign actually belongs to the person(s) named above?".</p>
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392 </div><!-- End #step-sign_real_keys .step-->
393
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bdf319c4 396 </div>
6c495e2d 397 </section><!-- End #section4 -->
bdf319c4 398
2cb815ae 399<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 5: Use it well ~~~~~~~~~ -->
5c207a4d 400 <section id="section5" class="row">
bdf319c4 401 <div>
5c207a4d 402 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 403 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 404 <h2><em>#5</em> Use it well</h2>
19e80165 405<p>Everyone uses GnuPG a little differently, but it's important to follow some basic practices to keep your email secure. Not following them, you risk the privacy of the people you communicate with, as well as your own, and damage the Web of Trust.</p>
2378bdbf 406 </div><!-- End .section-intro -->
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2378bdbf 409 <div id="step-5a" class="step">
3fe46e6b 410 <div class="sidebar">
de0ab142 411 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/section5-01-use-it-well.png" alt="Section 5: Use it Well" /></p>
3fe46e6b 412 </div><!-- /.sidebar -->
2378bdbf 413 <div class="main">
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414 <h3>When should I encrypt?</h3>
415
66a99343 416 <p>The more you can encrypt your messages, the better. If you only encrypt emails occasionally, each encrypted message could raise a red flag for surveillance systems. If all or most of your email is encrypted, people doing surveillance won't know where to start.</p>
19e80165 417
acd2fb80 418<p>That's not to say that only encrypting some of your email isn't helpful -- it's a great start and it makes bulk surveillance more difficult.</p>
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422
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2378bdbf 424 <div id="step-5b" class="step">
7e60af07 425 <div class="sidebar">
de0ab142 426 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/section5-02-use-it-well.png" alt="Section 5: Use it Well" /></p>
7e60af07 427 </div><!-- /.sidebar -->
2378bdbf 428 <div class="main">
034f3546 429 <h3><em>Important:</em> Be wary of invalid keys</h3>
40e65992 430 <p>GnuPG makes email safer, but it's still important to watch out for invalid keys, which might have fallen into the wrong hands. Email encrypted with invalid keys might be readable by surveillance programs.</p>
2ba31b7b 431 <p>In your email program, go back to the second email that Edward sent you. Because Edward encrypted it with your public key, it will have a message from Enigmail at the top, which most likely says "Enigmail: Part of this message encrypted."</p>
023d4279 432<p><b>When using GnuPG, make a habit of glancing at that bar. The program will warn you there if you get an email encrypted with a key that can't be trusted.</b></p>
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438 <div class="main">
19e80165 439 <h3>Copy your revocation certificate to somewhere safe</h3>
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440 <p>Remember when you created your keys and saved the revocation certificate that GnuPG made? It's time to copy that certificate onto the safest digital storage that you have -- the ideal thing is a flash drive, disk, or hard drive stored in a safe place in your home.</p>
441<p>If your private key ever gets lost or stolen, you'll need this certificate file to let people know that you are no longer using that keypair.</p>
2378bdbf 442 </div><!-- End .main -->
19e80165 443 </div><!-- End #step-5c .step -->
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445 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ a div for each step ~~~~~~~~~ -->
446 <div id="step-lost_key" class="step">
447 <div class="main">
19e80165 448 <h3><em>Important:</em> act swiftly if someone gets your private key</h3>
034f3546 449 <p>If you lose your private key or someone else gets ahold of it (say, by stealing or cracking your computer), it's important to revoke it immediately before someone else uses it to read your encrypted email. This guide doesn't cover how to revoke a key, but you can follow the <a href="https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html#AEN305">instructions on the GnuPG site</a>. After you're done revoking, send an email to everyone with whom you usually use your key to make sure they know.</p>
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451 </div><!-- End #step-lost_key .step-->
452
0a225228 453 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ a div for each step ~~~~~~~~~
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455 <div class="main">
b0ce405b 456 <h3>Make your public key part of your online identity</h3>
be23bf7b 457 <p> First add your public key fingerprint to your email signature, then compose an email to at least five of your friends, telling them you just set up GnuPG and mentioning your public key fingerprint. Link to this guide and ask them to join you. Don't forget that there's also an awesome <a href="infographic.html">infographic to share.</a></p>
b0ce405b 458
be23bf7b 459<p class="notes">Start writing your public key fingerprint anywhere someone would see your email address: your social media profiles, blog, Website, or business card. (At the Free Software Foundation, we put ours on our <a href="https://fsf.org/about/staff">staff page</a>.) We need to get our culture to the point that we feel like something is missing when we see an email address without a public key fingerprint.</p>
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6c495e2d 465 </section><!-- End #section5 -->
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2cb815ae 469<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 6: Next steps ~~~~~~~~~ -->
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472 <div class="main">
c6345aa7 473 <h2><a href="next_steps.html">Great job! Check out the next steps.</a></h2>
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476 </div><!-- End #step-click_here .step-->
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6c495e2d 478 </section><!-- End #section6 -->
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2cb815ae 480<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ FAQ ~~~~~~~~~ -->
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486 <div class="sidebar">
487 <h2>FAQ</h2>
f44dd62f 488 </div>
6c495e2d 489
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491 <dl>
492 <dt>My key expired</dt>
493 <dd>Answer coming soon.</dd>
494
495 <dt>Who can read encrypted messages? Who can read signed ones?</dt>
496 <dd>Answer coming soon.</dd>
497
498 <dt>My email program is opening at times I don't want it to open/is now my default program and I don't want it to be.</dt>
499 <dd>Answer coming soon.</dd>
500 </dl>
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