Welcome to the Cryptography Community on Imzy!

Hello everyone!

I have been interested in cryptography as a practical pursuit for years and years. I was surprised when I didn't see a community for cryptography on Imzy, so I figured I would set one up.

I've dabbled in one-time pads, AES-256 tools, BitMessage and throughout all of it, PKI with PGP at the start and then migrated to GPG. I'm very interested in how people have implemented PKI in their lives, for both the why and the how. If you were able to convince many people who were initially suspicious or unwilling to change I would dearly like to hear what strategies might work that helped with those situations.

For this community I'm happy to help people test GPG, talk about security from my non-expert point of view, or help people explore cryptography on their own. I think we can all accept that the field of cryptography is already skeptical, doubtful, and at points maybe even paranoid, which is why I encourage everyone here to respect the Golden Rule when it comes to the ground rules in this community. Write comments in the manner that you would appreciate reading them. There is always room to learn something new and I will be the first to admit that some of the heavier mathematical parts of cryptography elude me, so there is room for everyone to share and learn.

If anyone has any advice or suggestions, I'm all ears! I hope you all enjoy!