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| author | Ben Burwell <ben@benburwell.com> | 2015-06-01 14:23:17 -0400 |
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| committer | Ben Burwell <ben@benburwell.com> | 2015-06-01 14:23:17 -0400 |
| commit | 2b08a9952d2f866cfc9a6177f54c0b3a19b86599 (patch) | |
| tree | 2bfafd31ab048fd4c7295b80b594c394a417d157 /_posts | |
| parent | d1a0d0abc2018ff68f3469b1a219319847768a4d (diff) | |
Add post about Facebook GPG
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diff --git a/_posts/2015-06-01-facebook-now-sends-pgp-encrypted-email-notifications.markdown b/_posts/2015-06-01-facebook-now-sends-pgp-encrypted-email-notifications.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a111c90 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2015-06-01-facebook-now-sends-pgp-encrypted-email-notifications.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: Facebook Now Sends PGP Encrypted Email Notifications +description: Today, I noticed that Facebook now has a place for you to list your PGP public key. +layout: post +date: 2015-06-01 00:00:00 +image: https://www.benburwell.com/assets/images/facebook_gpg.png +--- + +Today, I noticed that Facebook now has a place for you to list your PGP public key. If you go to your "About" page and open the "Contact and Basic Info" section, there is now a line for you to paste your key. In addition to allowing other people to easily access your public key, there's also a checkbox for Facebook to encrypt notification emails with the key. + +<!--more--> + +<p><a href="/assets/images/facebook_gpg.png"><img src="/assets/images/facebook_gpg.png" style="width:100%" alt="Facebook now gives the option to list your PGP public key"></a></p> + +The mouseover help text states: + +> If you check this box, you will receive an encrypted verification email to +> make sure that you can decrypt notification emails that have been encrypted +> with this public key. If you are able to decrypt the verification email and +> click the provided link, Facebook will begin encrypting notification emails +> that it sends to you with your public key. + +I tried it, and just as described, I got an encrypted email signed with PGP key `0xDEE958CF`. After decrypting the email and following the link, I was alerted that email notifications would now be encrypted. I haven't actually verified this, since I don't receive email notifications from Facebook to begin with. + +A quick Google search as well as a search in the Facebook Help Center turned up no results, so I'm not sure how recent this is, or perhaps it's being rolled out gradually. |