Why would you use something like PGP if you have to send your encryption key unencrypted to the party you are sending to? And if you leave this key out on something like Twitter for example, couldn’t law enforcement or a third party if they gained access to the other persons email still read the contents of the encrypted email by using this key? Doesn’t this defeate the purpose of using encryption?
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When receiving your public key encrypts it but only your private key decrypts it. When you are sending it you use their public key and then only their private key will decrypt it.
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