I'm giving up on PGP

Re:I'm giving up on PGP by the8472 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @11:54AM (#13116089)

Is there anything that enables key exchange via smartphones? Ideally it should be as easy as a meatbag handshake.

Basically, if you can swap contacts via NFC then the pgp keys should go along with it.

It may have some theoretical weaknesses such as the exchange being MITMable if the users don't verify something on their screens, but I think having many more edges in the graph would make up for it since you might already have an expectation for that key through friends-of-friends paths.

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Re:I'm giving up on PGP by ryukafalz on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @12:12PM (#13116254)

OpenKeychain does this, provided both users have it of course.

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Re:I'm giving up on PGP by NoGravitas on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @10:26AM (#13123162)

To expand on this, OpenKeychain wants you to use the camera on your phone to scan a QR code on your friend's phone.

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Re:I'm giving up on PGP by hackermailman on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @11:19PM (#13120429)

https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/safeslinger/ does simple handshake exchange and works w/iOS/Android but unsure if still maintained

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Re:I'm giving up on PGP by tibbon on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @04:40PM (#13118570)

So not really for iOS :/

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