Keybase.io: PGP For Beginners, With Invites

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PGP for Beginners: A Simple Web Interface to PGP

Keybase.io is quite simple, basically a web interface and command line client that makes PGP more user-friendly. At the same time, it makes it easy to get someones public key, and know it’s the correct key.

Keybase.io allows you to encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify messages to other keybase.io users. The Keybase.io homepage has an excellent description on the inner workings and how to make use of the command line client.

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You can find me on Keybase.io at https://keybase.io/tlongren/.

I like how the purpose of the Keybase.io website, as opposed to the command line client, is described:

Keybase.io is also a Keybase client, however certain crypto actions (signing and decrypting) are limited to users who store client-encrypted copies of their private keys on the server, an optional feature we didn’t mention above.

On the website, all crypto is performed in JavaScript, in your browser. Some people have strong feelings about this, for good reason.

Keybase.io has it’s issues, though. Liz Denys makes very good points in her Refusing To Verify Myself post.

And back in March 2014, Evan Johnson discovered very serious vulnerability in Keybase.io. You can read more about it, along with examples and why it was so major, in his blog post.

There’s still serious debate that’s somewhat related to Evan’s discovery. An issue on GitHub is still open while the Keybase.io folks consider their options and best course of action.

Everything has it’s flaws, though. So for me, Keybase.io is an easy way for me to communicate securely with those I need to do so with. I’ll likely continue using it, but need more people I communicate with frequently to be members.

Invites

I do have invites for Keybase.io. I’ll only send them to people I know. If you’re a regular here, a client of mine, or old online friend, you qualify. Real world friends and family obviously qualify.

Just ask in the comments below.

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33 thoughts on “Keybase.io: PGP For Beginners, With Invites”

  1. Hi Tyler, I’m not a friend, but I’ll be a good one if you throw an invite in my direction 🙂

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      1. Thank you, I already got one soon after I started searching for it. Now I’ve got 5 invites too, jeej! 🙂

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          3. I’m all out! But, if you do a search on Twitter for ‘keybase invite’ you’ll find lots of people with invites to give out.

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  11. Hello, I’m not your real friend, but I’d like a Invite very much. I’m a Teacher in Rio de Janeiro and I teach Social Sciences, Marketing, Communication and Consumer Behaviour. I really appreciate a Invite, to show my students this new wonderful world.
    Thanks 🙂
    Liberty and Responsability

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