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June 1, 2015 03:54 pm GMT

Facebook adds PGP encryption to keep emails safe from hackers

Facebook-privacy

Facebook is adding the ability to upload an encryption key to your profile to prevent hackers from snooping on your notification emails.

Notification emails from the company often include the content of the message; encryption would turn those messages to gibberish for sophisticated third parties. The ability to add OpenPGP public keys to profiles is rolling out on Monday.

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Facebook is using PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), an open standard widely used for email encryption. Each user has a public key and a private key; both are similar to what you might see generated from password platforms such as 1Password or LastPass. Anyone with your public key can send you a message, and you use your private key to view it Read more...

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