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by politelemon
1340 days ago
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In the second instance, you are controlling the where and how of your keys being backed up. If you are smart you will have backed up your keys to multiple locations, for disaster recovery. One of the fundamentals of privacy is having control of your data, which the first option does not provide. |
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What is concerning about giving encrypted keys to someone? If I give my encrypted key to you, right now, I retain control of my data. One of the fundamentals of encryption is that you can freely share the ciphertext without giving up control of your data.