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PGP public key

I've had enough of the UK government's attitude towards internet communication^[1] and private data,^[2] so I've decided to install encryption software on my computer.^[3]^[4]

This is my public key which will expire on Thursday 31st December 2009. You can either copy it directly from this page or download the plain text version.

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) mQGiBEhGitwRBADCZ4qK3TGwSBzNsD99BNbVAVJMTpSGcLYwkOFUGpi8rGL7H+gH zask3OxcjvKgHsG9Ko4jlCg00GB7uepQvXE/c8NZ/5ML7qeIRSp8AqfxCgwN6uTE o6oVt7Lm5EXFI6NCi/bGJcopRmpWiEYXK2IVPtgYsv/+FAcVP4546ieMbwCgxzMP OR8mTSDDODmmSAyJHS9HNxsD+weyiLrBO5rNyTu5yH+iEIAp/zjfhGmVTf6YhIUm B9ucooToB1gMiFa5aM9qp8EN8VVf4/grH/cmjeFFPtQAZy5/8kc5BHGtMz9R/qT5 KVAQwDLPyUpW1igGA64DFGwf0Q2dj2gViNE0UOmcwB3HtP8OvVZE0uADIiKuh0T2 sdgmA/9VY1xIOvM7LLyg+us0EubJiQl75eVg2M09CPg1xfDw3dvDtMR54JhcLTgw OMqRkuuea51cDB+EAdEBi7gONm2nCE+9PyFkp4Mq3bXwXBcO7/4QuHZxtFe0b6D+ vpdPJkKYeYRrjWP6Id235/s32SStqSthiRSTN8JLuHI8pmt4NLQsUGhpbGlwIFJv bmFuIDxtYWlsQGphcGFuZXNldHJhbnNsYXRvci5jby51az6IZgQTEQIAJgUCSEaK 3AIbIwUJAvVepAYLCQgHAwIEFQIIAwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEPg8uiVzYob5QpkA n00PgCnI0TeXlidaB7ZJfIMkpRuzAJ9CTR2ONsk+5VPZ4fZ1wFNpLKcnTbkBDQRI RorcEAQAm0c2WR1GXo0+MWmpIORDgP2ueWQjaOm0LcikcJmD8ph5iukq5cFsWLFN 0WyeHOjoO8XZSOw2/mE0L2pcB/rJl46jHL7gCH0wGF5fybJOcvH54SpEPFzYrvh7 pOe9ur+lyjYbMg9gvGDLxo8Kl8Ll9KhzYjne1W5WdJMC1buHx78AAwUD/1v/eBk7 /zACBa/Ls9vcWeboawYyVohsYHA9o1CTwSCtJ+2wWSRy+x3p9wtDBz/ocx0LZBDB slES0Qy0skxEWGIBzIlCYirGt/B8D5oQ+u54LoJCetYS0BmG9gezrgpN+tAl+AFZ bNZUsrEb0b+powCHKkwLRbysjCKUo6tX2nfXiE8EGBECAA8FAkhGitwCGwwFCQL1 XqQACgkQ+Dy6JXNihvmd3wCfewXw8b1i75HFW95CA8RnYPeecSwAn3KdFyk7JjaD 0RwnLbt0HOf3wyX6 =GifN -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

External links

↑ Government proposes email and internet tracking: The UK government reveals plans to intercept every text message, email and browsing session in the UK
↑ Laptop lapses which embarrassed government: A recent round-up of potentially catastrophic lapses of data security by the UK government
↑ The Wikipedia article on PGP is a good place to start if you're interested in finding out more about email encryption
↑ Free encryption software such as GnuPG is available for most operating systems

Using this key

The procedure for adding this key to your keychain depends on whether you are using PGP or GnuPG. Please choose the commands suitable for your particular software.

1. Pipe the contents of the key block to

PGP: pgp -kaf
GnuPG: gpg --import

2. Validate the key by entering

PGP: pgp -kvc
GnuPG: gpg --fingerprint

The validation step should generate a fingerprint code for this key which is identical to the one shown below. If it isn't, then something's gone wrong.

Fingerprint

DFA2 96A4 4570 85EF 864B 18F6 F83C BA25 7362 86F9