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5c207a4d 37 <h1>Email Self-Defense</h1>
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39 <li><a href="index.html" class="current">GNU/Linux</a></li>
40 <li><a href="mac.html">Mac OS</a></li>
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614e3bf4 42 <li class="share"><a href="https://fsf.org/share?u=https://u.fsf.org/zb&amp;t=Email encryption for everyone via %40fsf">#EmailSelfDefense</a></li>
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46 <div id="fsf-intro">
47 <h3><a href="http://u.fsf.org/ys"><img alt="Free Software Foundation" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/fsf-logo.png"></a></h3>
cc1c1a38 48 <span style="font-size:125%"><p>We fight for computer user's rights, and promote the development of free (as in freedom) software. Resisting surveillance is very important to us.</p><p><strong>We want to heavily promote tools like this in-person and online, to help as many people as possible take the first step towards using free software to protect their privacy. Can you make a donation or become a member to help us achieve this goal?</strong></p></span>
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54 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Guide Introduction ~~~~~~~~~ -->
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6e1b0fa2 58 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 that a surveillance agent or thief that intercepts your email can't read it.</p>
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60<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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399c9783 62 <!--<p>You'll also be able to sign emails to show reliably that they are from you. Though the need for signing may be less obvious, you'll actually do it more often.</p>-->
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64 <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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66<p>Let's get started!</p>
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2cb815ae 73<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 1: Get the pieces ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 74 <section class="row" id="section1">
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5c207a4d 76 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 77 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 78 <h2><em>#1</em> Get the pieces</h2>
f56da436 79 <p>All you need to start is a computer with an Internet connection, an email account and about half an hour. You can use your existing email account for this without affecting it.</p>
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80<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>
81 <p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
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2378bdbf 85 <div id="step-1a" class="step">
2cb815ae 86 <div class="sidebar">
ba2db35a 87 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/step1a-install-wizard.png" alt="Step 1.A: Install Wizard" /></p>
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2378bdbf 89 <div class="main">
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90 <h3><em>Step 1.a</em> Set your email program up with your email account (if it isn't already)</h3>
91 <p>Open your email program and follow the wizard that sets it up with your email account.</p>
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93 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
94 <div class="troubleshooting">
95 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
96 <dl>
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97 <dt>What's a wizard?</dt>
98 <dd>A wizard is a series of windows that pop up to make it easy to get something done on a computer, like installing a program. You click through it, selecting options as you go.</dd>
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99 <dt>My email program can't find my account or isn't downloading my mail</dt>
100 <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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101 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
102 <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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f44dd62f 112 <ul class="images">
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113 <li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/step1b-01-tools-addons.png" alt="Step 1.B: Tools -> Add-ons" /></li>
114 <li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/step1b-02-search.png" alt="Step 1.B: Search Add-ons" /></li>
115 <li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/step1b-03-install.png" alt="Step 1.B: Install Add-ons" /></li>
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118 <div class="main">
119 <h3><em>Step 1.b</em> Install the Enigmail plugin for your email program</h3>
120 <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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121 <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>
122 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
123 <div class="troubleshooting">
124 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
125 <dl>
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126 <dt>I can't find the menu.</dt>
127 <dd>In many new email programs, the main menu is represented by an image of three stacked horizontal bars.</dd>
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129 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
130 <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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6c495e2d 136 </section><!-- End #section1 -->
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2cb815ae 138<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 2: Make your keys ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 139 <section class="row" id="section2">
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5c207a4d 141 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 142 <div class="section-intro">
bdf319c4 143 <h2><em>#2</em> Make your keys</h2>
2378bdbf 144 <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 that are unique to you. Your public and private keys are linked together by a special mathematical function.</p>
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146<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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148<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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153 <div class="sidebar">
1a7754f4 154 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/step2a-01-make-keypair.png" alt="Step 2.A: Make a Keypair" /></p>
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156 <div class="main">
157 <h3><em>Step 2.a</em> Make a keypair</h3>
1a7754f4 158 <p>In your email program's menu, select OpenPGP &rarr; Setup Wizard. 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.</p>
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159 <p>On the second screen, titled "Signing," select "No, I want to create per-recipient rules for emails that need to be signed."</p>
160 <p>Use the default options until you reach the screen titled "Create Key".</p>
f56da436 161 <p>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!</p>
034f3546 162 <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>
1a7754f4 163 <p>When the OpenPGP Confirm 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>. The setup wizard will ask you to move it onto an external device, but that isn't necessary at this moment.</p>
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166 <div class="troubleshooting">
167 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
168 <dl>
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169 <dt>I can't find the OpenPGP menu.</dt>
170 <dd>In many new email programs, the main menu is represented by an image of three stacked horizontal bars. OpenPGP may be inside a section called Tools.</dd>
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171 <dt>The wizard says that it cannot find GnuPG.</dt>
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6e1b0fa2 173 <dd>Open whatever program you usually use for installing software, and search for GnuPG, then install it. Then restart the Engimail setup wizard by going to OpenPGP &rarr; Setup Wizard.</dd>
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174 <dt>What does OpenPGP mean?</dt>
175
176 <dd>OpenPGP is a protocol that GnuPG uses, just like HTTP is a protocol for the Web. It's a slightly confusing name that Enigmail uses for its menus.</dd>
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177 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
178 <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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183 <div id="step-2b" class="step">
184 <div class="main">
185 <h3><em>Step 2.b</em> Upload your public key to a keyserver</h3>
186 <p>In your email program's menu, select OpenPGP &rarr; Key Management.</p>
187<p>Right click on your key and select Upload Public Keys to Keyserver. Use the default keyserver in the popup.</p>
034f3546 188<p class="notes">Now someone who wants to send you an encrypted message can download your public key from the Internet.</b>
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189 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
190 <div class="troubleshooting">
191 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
192 <dl>
193 <dt>The progress bar never finishes</dt>
194 <dd>Close the upload popup, make sure you are on the Internet and try again. If that doesn't work, try again, selecting a different keyserver.</dd>
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195<dt>My key doesnt appear in the list</dt>
196 <dd>Try checking Show Default Keys.</dd>
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198 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
199 <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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2cb815ae 212<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 3: Try it out ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 213 <section class="row" id="section3">
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2378bdbf 216 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 217 <h2><em>#3</em> Try it out!</h2>
bbcf42b2 218 <p>Now you'll try a test correspondence with a computer program named Adele, 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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222 <div id="step-3a" class="step">
223 <div class="sidebar">
034f3546 224 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/section3-try-it-out.png" alt="Try it out." /></p>
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226 <div class="main">
43bd32d7 227 <h3><em>Step 3.a</em> Send Adele your public key</h3>
3fe46e6b 228 <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 OpenPGP &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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99ee8649 230<p>Address the message to adele-en@gnupp.de. Put at least one word (whatever you want) in the subject and body of the email, then hit send.</p>
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40e65992 232<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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 she'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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237 <div id="step-3b" class="step">
238 <div class="main">
239 <h3><em>Step 3.b</em> Send a test encrypted email</h3>
240 <p>Write a new email in your email program, addressed to adele-en@gnupp.de. Make the subject "Encryption test" or something similar and write something in the body. Don't send it yet.</p>
241 <p>Click the icon of the key in the bottom right of the composition window (it should turn yellow). This tells Enigmail to encrypt the email with the key you downloaded in the last step.</p>
bbcf42b2 242 <p class="notes">Next to the key, you'll notice an icon of a pencil. Clicking this tells Enigmail to add a special, uniqe 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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243 <p>Click Send. Enigmail will pop up a window that says "Recipients not valid, not trusted or not found."</p>
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245 <p>To encrypt and email to Adele, you need her public key, and 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 9), then select ok. Select ok in the next pop-up.</p>
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247 <p>Now you are back at the "Recipients not valid, not trusted or not found" screen. Select Adele's key from the list and click Ok. If the message doesn't send automatically, you can hit send now.</p>
248 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
249 <div class="troubleshooting">
250 <h4>Troubleshooting</h4>
251 <dl>
252 <dt>Enigmail can't find Adele's key</dt>
253 <dd>Close the pop-ups that have appeared since you clicked. 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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254 <dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
255 <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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257 </div><!-- /.troubleshooting -->
258 </div><!-- End .main -->
259 </div><!-- End #step-3b .step -->
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262 <div id="step-headers_unencrypted" class="step">
263 <div class="main">
6e1b0fa2 264 <h3><em>Important:</em> Security tips</h3>
8bd50444 265 <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.</p>
6e1b0fa2 266<p>It's also good practice to click the key icon in your email composition window <strong>before</strong> you start to write. Otherwise, your email client could save an unencrypted draft on the mail server, potentially exposing it to snooping.</p>
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274 <h3><em>Step 3.c</em> Receive a response</h3>
2378bdbf 275 <p>When Adele receives your email, she will use her private key to decrypt it, then fetch your public key from a keyserver and use it to encrypt a response to you.</p>
3070267d 276 <p class="notes">Since you encrypted this email with Adele's public key, Adele's private key is required to decrypt it. Adele is the only one with her private key, so no one except her &mdash; not even you &mdash; can decrypt it.</p>
034f3546 277 <p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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.</p>
2378bdbf 278 <p>When you receive Adele'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>
034f3546 279 <p>Notice the bar that Enigmail shows you above the message, with information about the status of Adele's key.</p>
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61bbfa91 283<!-- STEP 3D IS COMMENTED OUT UNTIL WE FIND A WAY TO VALIDATE SIGNATURES
43bd32d7 284 <div id="step-3d" class="step">
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43bd32d7 286 <h3><em>Step 3.d</em> Send a test signed email to a friend</h3>
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287 <p>Write a new email in your email program, addressed to a friend. If you want, tell them about this guide!</p>
288 <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>
289 <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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2cb815ae 296<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 4: Learn the Web of Trust ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 297 <section class="row" id="section4">
bdf319c4 298 <div>
5c207a4d 299 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 300 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 301 <h2><em>#4</em> Learn the Web of Trust</h2>
b0ce405b 302 <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>
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b0ce405b 304<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, into a giant Web. 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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b0ce405b 306<p>People's public keys are usually identified by their key ID, which is a short string of 8 digits like 92AB3FF7 (for Adele's key). You can see your key ID on the right in OpenPGP &rarr; Key Management in your email program's menu.</p>
9366613d 307<p>It's good practice to share your key ID, so that so that people can double-check that they have the correct public key when they download yours from a keyserver. You may also see public keys referred to by their key fingerprint, which is a longer string of digits, like DD878C06E8C2BEDDD4A440D3E573346992AB3FF7. The key ID is just the last 8 digits of the fingerprint.</p>
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313 <div class="sidebar">
8c7e96bd 314 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/section4-web-of-trust.png" alt="Section 4: Web of Trust" /></p>
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316 <div class="main">
317 <h3><em>Step 4.a</em> Sign a key</h3>
1a7754f4 318 <p>In your email program's menu, go to OpenPGP &rarr; Key Management.</p>
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319 <p>Right click on Adele's public key and select Sign Key from the context menu.</p>
320 <p>In the window that pops up, select "I will not answer" and click OK.</p>
1a7754f4 321 <p>In your email program's menu, go to OpenPGP &rarr; Key Management &rarr; Keyserver &rarr; Upload Public Keys and hit OK.</p>
3070267d 322 <p class="notes">You've just effectively said "I trust that Adele's public key actually belongs to Adele." This doesn't mean much because Adele isn't a real person, but it's good practice.</p>
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328 <p><strong>To:</strong> <input type="text" placeholder="50BD01x4" name="TO"></p>
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336 <div id="step-sign_real_keys" class="step">
337 <div class="main">
338 <h3><em>Important:</em> check people's identification before signing their keys</h3>
a60a6e36 339 <p>Before signing a real person's key, always make sure it actually belongs to them, and they are who they say they are. 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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342
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bdf319c4 345 </div>
6c495e2d 346 </section><!-- End #section4 -->
bdf319c4 347
2cb815ae 348<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 5: Use it well ~~~~~~~~~ -->
5c207a4d 349 <section id="section5" class="row">
bdf319c4 350 <div>
5c207a4d 351 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section introduction: interspersed text ~~~~~~~~~ -->
2378bdbf 352 <div class="section-intro">
2378bdbf 353 <h2><em>#5</em> Use it well</h2>
19e80165 354<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>
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2378bdbf 358 <div id="step-5a" class="step">
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7e60af07 360 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/section5-01-use-it-well.png" alt="Section 5: Use it Well" /></p>
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2378bdbf 362 <div class="main">
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363 <h3>When should I encrypt?</h3>
364
365 <p>The more you can encrypt your messages, the better. This is because, 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>
366
acd2fb80 367<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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8c7e96bd 375 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/section5-02-use-it-well.png" alt="Section 5: Use it Well" /></p>
7e60af07 376 </div><!-- /.sidebar -->
2378bdbf 377 <div class="main">
034f3546 378 <h3><em>Important:</em> Be wary of invalid keys</h3>
40e65992 379 <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>
6e1b0fa2 380 <p>In your email program, go back to the second email that Adele sent you. Because Adele encrypted it with your public key, it will have a message from OpenPGP at the top, which most likely says "OpenPGP: Part of this message encrypted."</p>
023d4279 381<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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387 <div class="main">
19e80165 388 <h3>Copy your revocation certificate to somewhere safe</h3>
93437dfa 389 <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>
19e80165 390<p>If your private key ever gets lost or stolen, you'll need this certificate file.</p>
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395 <div id="step-lost_key" class="step">
396 <div class="main">
19e80165 397 <h3><em>Important:</em> act swiftly if someone gets your private key</h3>
034f3546 398 <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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405 <h3>Make your public key part of your online identity</h3>
406 <p> First add your key ID 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 key ID. 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>
407
408<p class="notes">Start writing your key ID 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 ID.</p>
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412
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6c495e2d 414 </section><!-- End #section5 -->
bdf319c4 415
2cb815ae 416<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 6: Next steps ~~~~~~~~~ -->
6c495e2d 417 <section class="row" id="section6">
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2cb815ae 419 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ section title + graphics ~~~~~~~~~ -->
87588109 420 <div class="section-intro">
87588109 421 <h2><em>#6</em> Next steps</h2>
344970b6 422<p>You've now completed the basics of email encryption with GnuPG, taking action against bulk surveillance. A pat on the back to you! Want to do more to secure privacy for yourself and the people you communicate with?</p>
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427 <div id="step-keysigning_party" class="step">
7e60af07 428 <div class="sidebar">
8c7e96bd 429 <p><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/screenshots/section6-next-steps.png" alt="Section 6: Next Steps" /></p>
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432 <h3>Go to a keysigning party</h3>
a9d8e025 433 <p>Keysigning parties are social events designed to build the Web of Trust. Participants match each others' photo IDs and key IDs, and then get out their laptops and sign each other's public keys. They're a great way to meet likeminded people and learn about new privacy tools, as well as build up people's trust in your key. Look for keysignings at tech events, hackerspaces and nerdy parties.</p>
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438 <div id="step-political" class="step">
1e72473c 439 <div class="main">
344970b6 440 <h3>Work for political change</h3>
554919ba 441 <p>Encrypting our email is a powerful direct action, but to change the system, we also have to go to the root. One of the key things needed is <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">reducing the amount of data collected about us in the first place</a>. To learn more and participate in efforts for change, join the Free Software Foundation's low-traffic mailing list.</a></p>
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460<div class="sidebar">
461 <p><a id="infographic" href="infographic.html"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/infographic-button.png" alt="View &amp; share our infographic &rarr;" /></a></p>
462 </div><!-- /.sidebar -->
463<div class="main">
464
465
466 <h3>Protect more of your digital life</h3>
467
ece4c65a 468 <p>Learn surveillance-resistant technologies for instant messages, hard drive storage, online sharing and more at <a href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:Privacy_pack"> the Free Software Directory's Privacy Pack</a> and <a href="https://prism-break.org">prism-break.org</a>.</p>
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472 <!-- ~~~~~~~~~ a div for each step ~~~~~~~~~ -->
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474 <div class="main">
475 <h3>Make Email Self-Defense tools even better</h3>
476<p><a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review">Leave feedback and suggest improvements to this guide</a>, or email us at <a href="mailto:campaigns@fsf.org">campaigns@fsf.org</a> if you'd like to help maintain or translate it.</p>
477
0fe6e02e 478 <p>If you like programming, you can contribute code to <a href="https://www.gnupg.org/">GnuPG</a> or <a href="https://www.enigmail.net/home/index.php">Enigmail</a>.</p>
a9d8e025 479
01537772 480<p>If you can't do any of these, please support the Free Software Foundation so we can get Email Self-Defense into the hands of as many people as possible, and make more tools like it.</a><p><a href="https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=14&pk_campaign=esd&pk_kwd=guide_donate"><img alt="Donate" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/donate.en.png"></a> <a href="https://u.fsf.org/yr"><img alt="Join now" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/join.en.png"></a></p>
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488 <h3>Learn more about GnuPG</h3>
489 <p>There are a lot more features of GnuPG to discover, including encrypting files on your computer. There are a variety of resources accessible via Google, but we recommend starting with the links on the <a href="https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/">GnuPG Web site</a>.</p>
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509 <dt>My key expired</dt>
510 <dd>Answer coming soon.</dd>
511
512 <dt>Who can read encrypted messages? Who can read signed ones?</dt>
513 <dd>Answer coming soon.</dd>
514
515 <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>
516 <dd>Answer coming soon.</dd>
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