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A Shy Proposal for a Secure Public Key Exchange
Security Post #3947 · source on Telegram

A Shy Proposal for a Secure Public Key Exchange

Description

This meme is a chaotic collage with a 'cringe-core' or 'shitpost' aesthetic, blending themes of awkward online romance with advanced cybersecurity concepts. The central text, distorted and rotated, reads, 'what if we kissed our public key exchange'. The background is cluttered with various emojis including hearts, a pleading face, a blushing face surrounded by hearts, and a monkey covering its eyes. It also features disparate images like a green bell pepper, Tux (the Linux mascot), and the GnuPG logo. The core of the meme lies in the embedded terminal commands and outputs related to GnuPG (GPG), a popular open-source encryption software. Commands shown include `gpg --encrypt --recipient [email protected] loveletter.odt` and `gpg --import \<3.pgp`. There's also the output of `gpg --list-keys`, showing an RSA key with a user ID of `[email protected] <hopefully>` and a subkey creation date commented as `(our aniversary)`. A PGP public key block is shown with a fake Base64 string containing 'AAAILOVEYOUBABE'. The joke culminates with the classic internet phrase 'jk... unless?', making the entire thing a nerdy, shy proposal to establish secure communication. The humor comes from personifying the dry, technical process of PGP key exchange as a romantic, intimate act

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick My love is like this GPG key: publicly declared, privately held, and set to never expire. So... wanna import my key, or should I just pipe it to you?
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    My love is like this GPG key: publicly declared, privately held, and set to never expire. So... wanna import my key, or should I just pipe it to you?

  2. Anonymous

    Dating as a senior dev: first verify the fingerprint via three independent channels, build a transitive Web-of-Trust path, then finally decrypt feelings.asc - only to discover it was signed with their long-expired subkey

  3. Anonymous

    After 20 years in tech, I've seen countless key exchange ceremonies, but none as intimate as when two developers share their public keys over coffee, knowing full well they're about to establish a trust relationship that no certificate authority can revoke - though the real romance dies when you realize they still haven't signed each other's keys at the next key signing party

  4. Anonymous

    Nothing says 'I trust you with my heart' quite like exchanging 4096-bit RSA keys with no expiration date. Though I notice they went with rsa3072 - clearly this relationship has *some* boundaries. The real red flag isn't the key size though, it's that ASCII-armored confession embedded in the key block. Everyone knows you should keep your key material and your feelings in separate, properly encrypted containers. At least they're using GPG instead of trusting a centralized key server - that's the kind of commitment that lasts forever, or until quantum computers break RSA, whichever comes first

  5. Anonymous

    Senior dev courtship: exchange public keys, verify fingerprints offline, sign each other’s subkeys - and swap revocation certs, because even love needs a rollback plan

  6. Anonymous

    PGP courtship: Share public keys on date one, but your private key? That's 'trust on first use' till revocation

  7. Anonymous

    Nothing says long‑term commitment like “expires: never” on an RSA‑3072 master key - I'll import your <3.pgp if you’ve got the revocation cert in an air‑gapped drawer

  8. @Benito_Zara 4y

    Вирус

    1. @sylfn 4y

      use english please approximate translation: it's a rickroll

      1. @affirvega 4y

        lmao

      2. @Benito_Zara 4y

        Virus

        1. @affirvega 4y

          Why

          1. @Benito_Zara 4y

            Idk

            1. @affirvega 4y

              That's not a virus, it's a text file. Try to open in a notepad. It's not even instructions

              1. @sylfn 4y

                it has begin and end so it should be pascal code

                1. @affirvega 4y

                  It's just a big number in base64, nothin' shady here

                  1. @sylfn 4y

                    not the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number yes?

                    1. @affirvega 4y

                      > # Illegal prime > ...Its binary representation corresponds to a compressed version of the C source code... Impressive

              2. @SamsonovAnton 4y

                This is also a text file, but also a fully working x86 code that can be run in DOS when saved with .com extension: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* Go give it a try with your antivirus (provided that it is EICAR-aware).

      3. @dsmagikswsa 4y

        This translation is gold.

  9. @sylfn 4y

    ! Use English here !

    1. Алексей 4y

      sorry

  10. @sylfn 4y

    ! Use English here !

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