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by paupino_masano 3324 days ago
Alas, in order to optimize profits you wouldn't want to use a shared key pair. The risk of course that once your private key is disclosed then you'll potentially thwart future revenue.
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In the scenario described, you're not giving back your private key, you're returning the decrypted key the victim needs to decrypt their data.

That key won't work for other victims.