This Private Key Seems Legit

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This Private Key Seems Legit

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Someone just casually posted their "private key" wrapped in those fancy BEGIN/END markers like it's a legitimate cryptographic credential, except it's literally a Lady Gaga tweet that's just keyboard-smashing gibberish with some exclamation points thrown in for dramatic effect. Because nothing says "secure encryption" quite like AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHRHRGRGRGRRRGURB, right?

The beauty here is that private keys are supposed to be these sacred, ultra-secret strings that you NEVER EVER share with anyone or your entire digital life crumbles into dust. But sure, let's just tweet it out to thousands of followers with proper PEM formatting and call it a day. Security experts everywhere just felt a disturbance in the force.

The random Lady Gaga tweet being used as the "key" is *chef's kiss* because it's the perfect blend of chaos and structure—just like production code at 2 AM.

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