Learn about PGP using Kleopatra

About Kleopatra

Installing Kleopatra

Creating PGP keys using Kleopatra

Great! Now let's launch kleopatra!

Click on 'New Key Pair'.

Enter fake name and fake email address for anonymity.

Check the box that says 'Protect the generated key with a passphrase'. Click 'OK'.

On the next window that pops up enter a secure password. Enter it again. Click 'OK'.

The next screen should indicate success. You created a key pair. Click 'OK'.

See the certificate which represents your newly created keys? We'll use these soon.

Encrypting a message for a friend

The first thing you'll need is to get your friends public pgp key. Save it as a text file.

Click on 'Import' select the text file where you saved your friends public pgp key.

For this example we'll use the public PGP key from our friends at anarsec.guide.

Click 'Import'

Click 'Certify'

Enter the password you created to protect your key pair.

Success! Click 'OK'

Now you should see anarsec.guide's public key on the list of certificates.

Click on 'Notepad'

Now write a nice message for AnarsecDotGuide.

Now click the 'Recipients' tab. Choose anarasec under 'Encrypt for others'.

Return to the 'Notepad' tab. Click 'Sign / Encrypt Notepad' button. That's it!

Now just copy all the text in kleopatra's notepad and paste it into an email for anarsec.

For your information this is AnarsecDotGuide's email address: anarsec (at) riseup (dot) net

You're really good at this!