[tor-talk] GnuPG and Tor

Rejo Zenger rejo at zenger.nl
Tue Jul 15 19:25:30 UTC 2014


++ 15/07/14 14:09 -0400 - grarpamp:
>> secured server. Or anybody can see your whole addressbook. So it is a
>> secured server. But still, it is quite obvious who am I just by looking
>> at that list. So I figured out, maybe if I push the refresh through Tor,
>> talking with a secured server that would make things more private. I
>
>And unless one by one with --recv-keys, keyserver sees your
>entire list at once.

Which means: the only thing you are protecting (by using Tor when 
updating your keychain) is the source IP-address for the refresh, e.g. 
your location. 

-- 
Rejo Zenger
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