Ask Slashdot: How Do I Request Someone To Send Me a Public Key?

Posted by timothy on Friday August 9, 2013 @07:06PM from the use-all-caps-and-lots-of-imperatives dept.

First time accepted submitter extraqwert writes "An organization wants me to send them my personal data by email. I certainly do trust them. However, I would like to politely ask them to send me their public key for encryption. The secretary probably does not know what it is. But they do have a pretty good IT department, so they can figure out. My question is, what is the proper wording for such a request? What is the right terminology to use? Should I say ``please send me your RSA key''? ``Public key''? ``PGP key''? Is there a standard and reasonable wording for such a request? (On my end, I am using GNU PGP: http://www.gnupg.org/ ) Any suggestions on how to be polite in this case?"

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Use the post office by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-10 00:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Type the reply on a Royal typewriter and take it to your local post office. Use Certified or Registered mail if you feel squeamish about sending personal information. The NSA can't open a properly mailed letter.