# Why does Discourse block cryptographic signatures by default?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-block-cryptographic-signatures-by-default/132912>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-block-cryptographic-signatures-by-default/132912 "2019-11-08T11:04:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-block-cryptographic-signatures-by-default/132912/3 "2019-11-08T13:58:31Z")

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It was not meant to block _cryptographic_ signatures specifically, just signatures which are often redundant.

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