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		DINKDINK on Oct 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His NSA... Could you explain how exchanging PGP keys over TLS would be compromised or compromisable?

belovedeagle on Oct 14, 2014 [–]

Simple. Analog man-in-the-middle; i.e., you're not talking to who you think you're talking to. That's the whole point of key exchange.

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