User:Shirik/Secure communications

I use PGP for authentication and encryption of communication, particularly email. If you see a key signed by mine, that means I have either met the key owner face-to-face or performed an encrypted challenge-response with the user which verified simultaneous control of the Wikipedia account, email account, and key. If an encrypted challenge-response was used, only a level 0 signature will be issued (anything beyond that requires face-to-face meeting). If you would like me to sign your key, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or send me an email to one of the addresses listed on my key.

My committed identity is a SHA-512 hash of a phrase only I know, has never been permanently stored on a computer, and will be changed or revoked only by a message signed by my PGP key. In case of account crisis, this phrase can be used to verify my identity. Should I need to release the phrase, the commitment will expire and I will select a new phrase and hash.