Encrypting Messages with Keybase

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Encrypting Messages with Keybase

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Last edited Oct 27, 2017

Created on Oct 23, 2017

This example demonstrates the full range of encryption capabilities offered by Keybase, from messaging and file sharing to managing teams and serving websites. Screenshots illustrate the workflow across three interfaces—the website, desktop application, and command line—highlighting how a user creates a public/private key pair, asserts their identity via Twitter, and encrypts chats and git repositories. The visualizations are static images embedded directly into a Markdown file, relying on Keybase’s underlying NaCl cryptographic library and its CLI tools, with no custom JavaScript or D3 code involved.

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