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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: charmicarmicat on April 08, 2013, 02:29 pm

Title: Newbie order question
Post by: charmicarmicat on April 08, 2013, 02:29 pm
Ok, so I just placed my first order. I want to run through the steps I took and make sure I did everything correct. I copied the vendor's public key into my text editor and saved it as a .asc file. Then I imported it as a new key. Then I used that public key file to encrypt my mailing info and pasted the encrypted message into the appropriate field when I place my order, entered my PIN and clicked the Place Order button. It now says processing. First, did I do all of that correctly? The vendor should be able to decrypt with his priv key now. What if he needs to communicate back to me though? Should I have sent vendor my public key and my e-mail address as well? If so, how can I do that after the fact or none of this necessary and should I just keep an eye on the mail?
Title: Re: Newbie order question
Post by: georgesdad on April 08, 2013, 02:58 pm
THATS A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR ONE PARAGRAPH. RE ORGANIZE AND I BET YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET AN ANSWER. BUT GOOD FOR YOU FOR GOING THE PGP ROUTE,
Title: Re: Newbie order question
Post by: bennoni on April 08, 2013, 03:54 pm
THATS A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR ONE PARAGRAPH. RE ORGANIZE AND I BET YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET AN ANSWER. BUT GOOD FOR YOU FOR GOING THE PGP ROUTE,

The pgp is so hard.
Title: Re: Newbie order question
Post by: texaco on April 08, 2013, 04:00 pm
That looks like the correct method to me. I save a public key to a .txt file and import that, otherwise I used the same steps as you. If they need to contact you, they'll most likely PM you on the SR website, I would think.
Title: Re: Newbie order question
Post by: NoName4534 on April 08, 2013, 04:30 pm
You really only need PGP for sensitive information, like your address.

Simple questions can be sent in cleartext.
Title: Re: Newbie order question
Post by: toff on April 08, 2013, 04:41 pm
If you want you can use privnote but it is more dangerous
Title: Re: Newbie order question
Post by: slysly on April 08, 2013, 04:55 pm
You can put your PGP public key in this topic: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=107219.0;topicseen
and test it with other users.