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[โ€“] Vilian@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i didn't understand that xkcd :/, what signing public key do?

[โ€“] BiNonBi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Here you go. It's basically you signing a message saying this public key belongs to X. Those who trust you can then trust that the key does belong to X and hasn't been tampered with.