[Cryptography] Explaining PK to grandma

David Mercer radix42 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 26 00:49:15 EST 2013


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Nico Williams <nico at cryptonector.com>wrote:

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> > What am I missing here?
>
> Signatures.  I don't know of a good analogy for signatures.  Anyone?
>

For signatures how about the kind of stamp you press into a wax seal, and a
book with pictures of others' stamps as having their public key on your
keyring?  A bit archaic, but grandma is more likely to get this one than
perhaps some teenagers, as she may have actually seen one used in person.

-David Mercer
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