[ale] PGP/GPG

[Jonathan Meek]

Does someone know a good primer on using PGP/GPG? Had a key a few years ago
but due to a computer crash (forgot to do backups) & lost the private key.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 2:03 PM Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:

> On 2017-03-22 09:20, Kyle Brieden wrote:
> > Howdy all,
> >
> > I've recently made a concerted effort to get back to using GPG keys with
> > email for signing and, when possible, encryption.  I learned about it
> > nearly a decade ago when I was first getting into Linux, but fell off
> > when it became more of a hassle than a help.  That being said, with
> > everything that is happening these days (wikileaks vault 7 drop?), I am
> > more security conscious, and I am more steady-state with the devices
> > that I use day to day.
> >
> > On my desktop, I'm using the new keybase.io desktop client, which is
> > very nice.  If anyone would like more information about keybase.io or
> > invites, please let me know, as I have a good few to hand out.  On my
> > cell phone, I'm using OpenKeychain in conjunction with K-9 Mail.  It
> > works beautifully, and has some very nice features for key
> > signing/sharing etc.
> >
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.sufficientlysecure.keychain
> >  My email server uses RoundCube, which has a very nice enigma plugin
> > that makes using keys much more simple.
> >
> > Does anyone have any good workflows for using keys for signatures and
> > encryption that could help the rest of us out?
> >
> > Is anyone interested in a key signing event soon?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>
> I want to see something that is easy for my parents to use.  I use
> Thunderbird for my desk client (K9 for my phone client but I don't
> normally read email on the phone, just send) and I already have GPG
> integration in Thunderbird via Enigmail.  However, it's a bit fiddly so
> I need something that is a little easier.  I've been trying to convince
> my parents to switch from solely using webmail to Thunderbird or some
> other local client and then use PGP for anything really important.
>
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