[Cialug] encrypting a file

Matthew Nuzum newz at bearfruit.org
Fri Apr 17 15:35:50 CDT 2009


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Colin Burnett <cmlburnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>> Hi, I have two people that I occassionally send sensitive information
>> to. Well, more than that but these two are special because they're not
>> computer geeks in any way.
>
> There seems to be some confusion: do you want encrypted files or
> encrypted transfer?  With "sensitive information" I presumed you want
> encrypted files so you don't have it laying around unprotected...and
> you were trying gpg.  I guess you should still use some kind of
> encrypted transfer just to be sure.
>

Basically I need to send a document that only the intended recipient
can view. In some cases there is financial information in there and if
someone sees it I don't want it to be my fault. In some cases the
recipient could be in danger if someone else sees the document.

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