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EFF typo?
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Anonymous
2025-01-12 10:57:32 UTC
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https://ssd.eff.org/module/deep-dive-end-end-encryption-how-do-public-key-encryption-systems-work

"Suppose you wrote a message that said: 'I promise to pay Aazul $100',
and then turned it into a secret message using your private key. Anyone
could decrypt that message. But only one person could have written it:
the person who has your private key. And if you’ve done a good job
keeping your private key safe, that means you, and only you, could’ve
written it. By encrypting the message with your private key, you’ve
ensured it could only come from you."

Anyone could decrypt that message?

Shouldn't that read, "only the person whose public key you encrypted the
message to, could decrypt that message".
Nomen Nescio
2025-01-14 09:41:41 UTC
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Post by Anonymous
https://ssd.eff.org/module/deep-dive-end-end-encryption-how-do-public-k
ey-encryption-systems-work
"Suppose you wrote a message that said: 'I promise to pay Aazul $100',
and then turned it into a secret message using your private key.
Anyone could decrypt that message. But only one person could have
written it: the person who has your private key. And if you’ve done
a good job keeping your private key safe, that means you, and only
you, could’ve written it. By encrypting the message with your
private key, you’ve ensured it could only come from you."
Anyone could decrypt that message?
Shouldn't that read, "only the person whose public key you encrypted
the message to, could decrypt that message".
Interesting point.

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