Facebook Testing OpenPGP Public Keys for Notification Emails
Facebook is testing a new way for users to add OpenPGP public keys to their profiles and encrypt notification emails from the social network.
Facebook is testing a new way for users to add OpenPGP public keys to their profiles and encrypt notification emails from the social network.
Steve Weis and Zac Morris, software engineers for the Facebook Security team in Menlo Park, Calif., and Jon Millican, software engineer for security infrastructure at the social network’s London office, explained the reasoning behind the move in a note on the Protect the Graph page:
It’s very important to us that the people who use Facebook feel safe and can trust that their connection to Facebook is secure; for instance this is why we run connections to our site over HTTPS with HSTS and why we provide a Tor onion site for people who want to enjoy security guarantees beyond those offered by HTTPS.
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