Re: Password Protecting GPG Keys
Russell Stuart <ras <at> debian.org> writes:
> messages. One of the reasons raised for not doing it is some felt
> uncomfortable carrying around their GPG keys when travelling.
>
> My initial reaction was "that's being overly cautious" particularly
> given there signing every message doesn't mean you have to carry around
> your master key. However, it did make me wonder just how safe a GPG key
> (or indeed any file) is, if it is protected by a password and nothing
> else.
You completely miss http://xkcd.com/538/ and the fact that some
legislations may require you, with jail penalty, to hand over
any encryption keys, passwords, etc. you have with you when
inside their territory.
Ugly, yes.
bye,
//mirabilos
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