Risks Of Dual Key Encryption

• Verification

  • A key ID is only worth the trust you put in it
  • When you encrypt and send a message using a public key how sure you are it is genuine is up to you

• Interception

  • A privately shared public key is somehow intercepted and a duplicate key pair is created
  • Encrypted transmission can be decrypted, read, re-encrypted with the duplicate key and sent on to intended recipient
  • If this interception is bi-directional neither party would know the key pairs have been compromised

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