Yes, but they can increase the security. Say they use something like a @ColdCard Q for PGP.
Imagine signing a PGP message to a group of white listed public PGP keys on this newfanfgled Q. Then, it animates a BBQR the Vice POTUS can scan with his phone.
📲
Next, he broadcasts the PGP ciphertext to the group on Signal. Perhaps he leaks the ciphertext to a journalist. Woops. So what?
Let's say the journalist is a spy, hypothetically, an enemy of the state. He prints the Ciphertext in the New York Times.
So what?
Marc26z
npub1ma…tf3g0
2025-03-25 23:03:49
in reply to nevent1q…38tv
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npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0Published at
2025-03-25 23:03:49Event JSON
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