en	[[!meta title="OpenPGP keys"]]

en	Tails developers maintain several OpenPGP key pairs.

en	Make sure to verify the keys that you download.

en	For example, if you first [[authenticate the Tails signing key through the OpenPGP Web of Trust|install/download#wot]], then you can verify our others keys as they are all certified by the Tails signing key.

en	Signing key

en	Purpose

en	This key only has the capability to sign and certify: it has no encryption subkey.

en	Its only purpose is:

en	To sign Tails released images

en	To certify other cryptographic public keys needed for Tails development

en	Policy

en	The secret key material will never be stored on an online server or on systems managed by anyone other than Tails core developers.

en	Primary key

en	Is not owned in a usable format by any single individual. It is split cryptographically using [gfshare](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libgfshare).

en	Is only used offline, in an air-gapped Tails only communicating with the outside world through:

en	Plugging the Tails flash media in another operating system to install Tails in the first place.

en	Plugging other removable media in the air-gapped Tails to send the public key, secret key stubs, parts of the secret master key, and so on to the outside world.

en	Plugging other removable media in the air-gapped Tails to receive Debian packages, public keys, and so on from the outside world.

en	Expires in less than one year. We will extend its validity as many times as we find reasonable.

en	Has a revocation certificate split amongst different people. See the [[details of the mechanism|signing_key_revocation]].

en	Signing subkeys

en	Stored on OpenPGP smartcards owned by those who need them. Smartcards ensure that the cryptographic operations are done on the smartcard itself and that the secret cryptographic material is not directly available to the operating system using it.

en	Expiration date: same as the primary key.

en	Key details

en	pub rsa4096/0xDBB802B258ACD84F 2015-01-18 [SC] [expires: 2027-01-13] A490D0F4D311A4153E2BB7CADBB802B258ACD84F uid [ultimate] Tails developers <tails@boum.org> uid [ultimate] Tails developers (offline long-term identity key) <tails@boum.org> sub ed25519/0x8E9567D327792707 2024-05-23 [S] [expires: 2027-01-13] sub ed25519/0xC69FF0E4C08F8209 2024-05-23 [S] [expires: 2027-01-13] sub ed25519/0xBC8BD3DAC9CD2979 2024-05-23 [S] [expires: 2027-01-13]
zh-hans	pub rsa4096/0xDBB802B258ACD84F 2015-01-18 [C] [expires: 2026-01-13] Key fingerprint = A490 D0F4 D311 A415 3E2B B7CA DBB8 02B2 58AC D84F uid [ full ] Tails developers (offline long-term identity key) <tails@boum.org> uid [ full ] Tails developers <tails@boum.org> sub rsa4096/0xD21DAD38AF281C0B 2017-08-28 [S] [expires: 2025-01-25] sub ed25519/0x90B2B4BD7AED235F 2017-08-28 [S] [expires: 2025-01-25] sub rsa4096/0x7BFBD2B902EE13D0 2021-10-14 [S] [expires: 2025-01-25] sub rsa4096/0xE5DBA2E186D5BAFC 2023-10-03 [S] [expires: 2025-01-25] sub ed25519/0x8E9567D327792707 2024-05-23 [S] [expires: 2026-01-13] sub ed25519/0xFE2C600D5BB759B5 2024-05-23 [S] [expires: 2026-01-13] sub ed25519/0xC69FF0E4C08F8209 2024-05-23 [S] [expires: 2026-01-13] sub ed25519/0xBC8BD3DAC9CD2979 2024-05-23 [S] [expires: 2026-01-13]

en	How to get the public key?

en	To get this OpenPGP public key, download it from this website: [[!tails_website tails-signing.key]].

en	If you already have Tails signing key but download it again, it can update the list of existing signatures of the key.

en	User support key

en	Encryption

en	Use this key to encrypt private support requests sent to [[support@tails.net|doc/about/contact#support]].

en	This same key is used to handle [[*WhisperBack* reports|first_steps/whisperback]].

en	The secret key material and its passphrase are stored on the server that runs our encrypted mailing list software and on systems managed by core Tails developers.

en	pub rsa4096 2013-07-24 [SC] [expires: 2027-10-08] 1F56EDD30741048035DAC1C5EC57B56EF0C43132 uid [ unknown] Tails user support <support@tails.net> sub rsa4096 2013-07-24 [E] [expires: 2027-10-08]

en	There are multiple ways to get this OpenPGP public key:

en	Download it from this website: [[!tails_website tails-bugs.key]].

en	Fetch it from your favourite key server.

en	Foundations team key ==================

en	Use this key to encrypt private emails sent to [[foundations@tails.net|doc/about/contact#tails-foundations]].

en	Download it from this website: [[!tails_website foundations-tails-net.key]].

en	Sysadmins team key

en	Use this key to encrypt private emails sent to [[sysadmins@tails.net|doc/about/contact#tails-sysadmins]].

en	Download it from this website: [[!tails_website sysadmins-tails-net.key]].

en	Translation platform admins team key

en	Use this key to encrypt private emails sent to [[the admins of the translation platform at weblate@tails.net|doc/about/contact#tails-weblate]].

en	Download it from this website: [[!tails_website weblate-tails-net.key]].