Learning PGP and Public-Key Cryptography

Episode 128 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast - Learning PGP and Public-Key Cryptography
Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker explain PGP and how to use it.
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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Timeline
00:00 - Introduction
1:30 - Origins of encryption
5:10 - Ways we use PGP without knowing
8:50 - Why should someone get into PGP?
11:05 - Using PGP for authentication
17:50 - How can people start making use of PGP?
22:10 - Do we really need PGP today?
27:10 - How to get a PGP key: Kleopatra or Protonmail
31:52 - Downsides of generating PGP key from Protonmail
37:45 - How Signal takes takes encryption to the next level
48:20 - Final thoughts