Step 6: Use Your Provisional Identity Certificate Congratulations! Your provisional identity certificate and its corresponding PEN have been stored and are ready for use. So let's use your new PEN! Let's try signing a message and sending it to someone. The message will start with Edit your message below: [type your greeting here] This message is digitally signed by my Reliable OpenID identity credential. You can check the signature to verify that it's really from me and that it hasn't been altered by anyone else. Think of the authenticity and accountability this can provide us. Now that you have received this message, you have my identity certificate. Use it to send a message or file to me that will be encrypted in such a way that I am the only person on earth who will be able to read it, because only I have the private key that corresponds to my public key. [add more text here if you like] Now type one or more email addresses where you want to send this message. The recipients of your message will be able to see that it was really sent by you and that it was not altered by anyone. Think of the ways that digitally signed communications can bring new authenticity and accountability to your world. Imagine if everyone had Reliable identity certificates and all messages and files were signed. Your Provisional Identity Certificate is free, and is valid for one year. Learn how identity certificates that carry a higher identity quality score can be even more valuable, and how they can be used to create a Fortress of Personal Privacy, locking your personal information away for use only by those to whom you grant permission, and only for purposes that are authorized by you.