🔐 PGP Encryption
Complete guide to using PGP encryption on TorZon Market to protect your data and communicate securely.
Why PGP?
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is an encryption standard that allows you to protect your messages from interception. On TorZon Market, PGP is used for:
Protecting delivery addresses from third parties
Secure communication with vendors
Verification of message authenticity
Mandatory requirement for most vendors
Why PGP verification matters more than the encryption itself
Here's the thing most guides skip: PGP's real value on a darknet market isn't hiding your message, it's proving who actually wrote it. A signed message can only have come from someone holding the matching private key, and no clone site can forge that signature no matter how well it copies the layout.
That's why a signature check catches what a careful look at a page never will. Phishing clones replicate CSS, login flows, even support chat, pixel for pixel; the one thing they cannot fake is a private key they don't hold. If a vendor's announcement or a market's canary statement doesn't verify against the fingerprint you already trust, treat the whole page as compromised, not just the message.
Installation
Windows
- Download Kleopatra from gpg4win.org
- Install the program
- Create a new key pair
Linux / Tails
- PGP is pre-installed
- Use terminal or GUI
gpg --gen-key
$ gpg --gen-key
How to Use
Create Keys
Generate a key pair: public (for others) and private (for you only). Use a strong passphrase for the private key.
Import Vendor Key
Copy the vendor's public key from their TorZon profile and import it into your PGP program.
Encrypt Message
Write your message (address, order details), select vendor's key and encrypt. Only the recipient can read it.
Send
Paste the encrypted message in TorZon chat. It will look like random characters, but the vendor can decrypt it.
⚠️ Important Warnings
- 🚫 Never share your private key
- 💾 Keep key backups in a safe place
- 🔐 Use 4096-bit RSA or better
- 👤 Don't use real name in key