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|Scenario Task Parent=To send an email that no one but me and the recipient can read
|Scenario Task Description=Excellent! Its a journey but one well worth taking. There are many guides about setting up and using public key encryption and it may seem overwhelming at first. A few helpful tips to remember when starting out:
* There is a general standard for public key encryption called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#OpenPGP OpenPGP]. Popular encryption engines including PGP and GPG are compliant to this standard
* To use public key encryption you will need a key pair, an encryption engine and (optionally) an interface with your email program
* Your key pair is portable, you can change the email program and encryption engine, you can use the same encryption method from different computers. Essentially the key pair is made up of two distinct (but interdependent) files - the public key file and the private key file. Keep a copy of them.
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