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h43zyesterday at 10:43 AM1 replyview on HN

If I have your public key I could probe a server to see if it recognizes that public key. Which would tell me information you might not want to be leaked.


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Hugsboxyesterday at 2:42 PM

Could you explain how/why that would be an issue? I still don't understand. Isn't the nature of public keys meant to be that they're public?

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