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Old 10-29-2012, 12:41 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by kevinp View Post
I don't think it will be any different. When people post the link to their file, they will also post the encryption key.
Not all cryptosystems are symmetric and therefore do not involve the exchange of secret keys.

Consider an PKI version where the uploader encrypts to the public key[s] of members of a known and trusted group. Works with regular communications as well as anything else (not just, or even primarily, about piracy).
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