I've followed the instructions for the Spring Quick Start Guide to verify that they work. https://spring.io/quickstart They work! If you're uncomfortable reading the website instructions, I've just worked through them here and you can watch me do it! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veeuF_d0fWA

0:00 - Preliminary Remarks + Machine Setup 5:00 - Plan for the lecture 6:45 - generate keys 14:24 - output pubkey in ASCII format. Move pubkey to other machine + import it 22:44 - encrypt message with pubkey, decrypt on machine with the privkey 29:20 - Signing and verifying messages 34:20 - profit In this superfast video we'll learn about gpg2 and how to use it on Debian10 as well as through the gitbash shell on windows, just in case you don't have access to a Linux computer.  Accompanying notes are here: https://github.com/melvyniandrag/LinuxClassRepo/blob/master/Lectures/Week14_Encryption/Readme.md Video is super quick. Some folks will be able to listen this fast. Other folks will need to pause and think. Lecture is supposed to be 2 hours and 45 minutes, this video is just over 30 minutes. So you can watch it super slow over a few hours or just fly through it at once and you won't exceed our allocated lecture time. Hope you like it! This took a few days to distill and record, hope you find it useful in the end. Feel free to reach out via email or discord or office hours with any questions. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn9-226MOqY