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0 pointsfragmede2y ago0 comments

It's quite useful! I can give someone access to my server by grabbing their public key and creating an account for them, no need figure out how to send them the password to my server.

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ddalex2y ago· 1 in thread

That's indeed how public keys are intended to work.

fragmedeOP2y ago

It's one of those obvious in hindsight things that gives me that "Internet was not a mistake" feels.

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