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| + | ====== Encryption with GnuPG and FireGPG ====== | ||
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| + | I worry about the fact that an employee at Google can read all my email. I worry that they know many of the websites I visited and what I searched for. With FireGPG and GnuPG, I can easily encrypt my email. It's a start. | ||
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| + | ===== Creating a Key ===== | ||
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| + | First, you need to generate a key. Under linux, you do this with the following command. | ||
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| + | gpg --gen-key | ||
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| + | When prompted, create the default key type, which is "DSA and Elgamal". The details are not important, but this key is common and works well. | ||
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