[ale] PGP/GPG

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

On 3/22/2017 11:00 PM, Sam Rakowski wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2017, Jonathan Meek wrote:
> > (forgot to do backups) & lost the private key.
>
> For what it's worth, I like using paperkey[0] for long-time archival. It
> creates a text file you can print out (and later OCR/type back in) of
> the core
> private key material, and you can store the printout long-term without
> worrying
> about bit rot.
>
> 0 - http://www.jabberwocky.com/software/paperkey/
>
Yes, losing private key data is another issue. While I have the primary
key on the encrypted USB drive in a safe, I also have print outs that
can be OCR scanned for recovery. I also shard the digital key into M
pieces and requires N of those pieces to restore the file. I have then
given copies of those pieces to trusted friends to hold on to as well as
stored some of them with different off-site services in the event
something happened to my home and the backups in the safe.

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