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  • Torrenting has existed for a long time, yet people still buy software. There is a lot more to software distribution than traditional product sale.

    You want to have frequent fixes, compatibility with modern tools, new features and a trustworthy distribution pipeline. These are all things people and corps are willing to pay for in FOSS software.





  • Its about trusting the data you’re decrypting actually came from who you think it came from.

    So the data is signed with your public key, and your public key is published so people can verify the other stuff you publish. Your email is there just so people can communicate back to you…

    You can of course put junk info in the fields if you want, but the purpose of the program is enabling trustworthy lines of communication.