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| author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2021-11-04 09:20:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2021-11-04 09:20:59 +0200 |
| commit | d751965f43a010a54dba3bda0716e46de2c2e1cf (patch) | |
| tree | 05f97674ca2adbaf0cd369381138569ccb14e06d | |
| parent | 2f103c2bb8de32f90a083397c272c681474fe1f3 (diff) | |
| download | sq-user-guide-d751965f43a010a54dba3bda0716e46de2c2e1cf.tar.gz | |
Add note that the PK explanation is a simplification
Closes #15
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diff --git a/sq-guide.md b/sq-guide.md index d8862c5..05d8abe 100644 --- a/sq-guide.md +++ b/sq-guide.md @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ if you encrypt something using the public part, the result can only be decrypted with the private part. And also vice versa: if you encrypt something using the private part, only the public part can decrypt this. Since anyone can decrypt, this operation is called a _digital -signature_. +signature_. (This is a very rough simplification.) This allows some very interesting things: |