PGP Public Key

For encrypted communication. Because your contractor's invoice contains your address, your financial information, and details about your property. If you're going to send that over the internet, you might as well do it securely.

How to Use This Key

If you're sending sensitive documents (contractor invoices, insurance estimates, personal financial information), you can encrypt them using this PGP public key.

Not Sure How to Use PGP?

That's okay. You have three options, from most secure to "good enough":

  1. Maximum Security (PGP Encryption): Download a PGP tool, import my public key, encrypt your files before attaching them to your email. This is the most secure option, but it requires a bit of technical setup.
  2. Easy & Secure (ProtonMail to ProtonMail): Create a free ProtonMail account and email me from there. ProtonMail automatically encrypts all messages between ProtonMail users. Zero setup required.
  3. Standard Email (Gmail/Yahoo/etc.): Just send it from your regular email. You already sent your tax returns this way, right? It's not encrypted, but it's probably fine for most situations.

I stay anonymous to preserve my livelihood. You can use whatever level of security makes you comfortable.

PGP Tools (If You Want to Go Full Paranoid)

  • Mac: GPG Suite (free, open source)
  • Windows: Gpg4win (free, open source)
  • Linux: You already know what to do. (It's probably already installed.)

Quick Setup:

  1. 1. Download and install a PGP tool from the links above
  2. 2. Copy my public key (see below)
  3. 3. Import the key into your PGP tool
  4. 4. Encrypt your files before attaching them to your email
  5. 5. Send the encrypted files to:

Public Key

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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=pMgB
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Note: This public key is associated with [email protected]. Use it to encrypt files before sending them via email.

Why Bother with Encryption?

Look, I get it. This seems like overkill. You're just sending a contractor's invoice, not nuclear launch codes.

But that invoice contains:

  • Your full name and address
  • Details about your property (what was damaged, what's been repaired)
  • Financial information (how much you paid, how much insurance paid, how much you owe)
  • Your contractor's information
  • Potentially your insurance policy details

That's a lot of personal information to send unencrypted over the internet.

So here's the deal: If you want to encrypt it, great. I've given you the tools. If you don't, that's fine too. I'm not going to judge you for sending it via regular email.

But I'm going to give you the option. Because I stay anonymous to preserve my livelihood, and I assume you'd like to preserve your privacy too.

Ready to Submit Your Invoice?

Head back to the Ask page to see what to include and what happens next.

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