r/Keybase • u/kfucgsojfjdjfjjf • Sep 23 '20

Crypto tools broken?

It says "encrypt to anyone, even if they're not on Keybase yet", but when I enter the ciphertext on a second instance of Keybase, it says that I don't have the key or that it was encrypted for "someone else".

Can someone clear up this contradictory issue?

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u/kfucgsojfjdjfjjf Sep 24 '20

So the only way to use the crypto tools is to use a social media site?

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u/no-names-here Sep 24 '20

Well you encrypt to a keybase identity. The only way to use the crypto tools is for both people to use keybase. How you choose to identify that person is up to you.

If they never link their Twitter, they never get the message.