frustrating things I learned the last 2 days
#Yubikeys gpg-card default pin is 123456, admin pin is 12345678. if you enter the admin key 3 times wrong, you need to factory reset the gpg-card feature
https://www.gnupg.org/howtos/card-howto/en/ch03s02.html

If you use pinentry loopback (CLI-input), it wont tell you if you need to enter the user or admin pin. #gnome console doesnt work reliably with the loopback pinentry, the loopback itself is very wonky.

#gpg #yubico #smartcard #frustation #rage

@sindarina also I'd only call something securely #E2EE'd when the user holds the #PrivateKeys!

#NotYourKeys #NotYourData
#NotYourKeysNotYourData

#PGP/MIME [i.e. #GPG & #OpenPGP] are the only fully #decentralized option for that.

I just fully set up #VSCodium, the #Microsoft #tracking free version of #VSCode
It works flawlessly! It is able to sign with #GPG and sign-off my commits and is full of useful utilities!

#OpenSource #Workflow #Workstation

Now it happened the second time this year that @thunderbird just forgot my private #pgp keys. Luckily, I have a back up. Could I have used/configured it somehow wrongly (except of still using error-prone PGP for #e2ee, as some might argue)? #gpg #gnupg

@kusuriya @mail #Thunderbird exist and if people can setup #IMAP & #SMTP on their own, they can do #GPG as well...

Not to mention that any good #eMail client can do #PGP transparently with no user interaction needed.

@atarifrosch that would be the idea of such a mail service that blocks all unencrypted eMails.

FORCING PEOPLE TO USE ENCRYPTION!

At least #OpenPGP / #GPG or #SMIME...

Uii. Cool. #LibreOffice kann ein ods direkt mit #gpg-encrspted speichern. Leider ist der Dialog zur Keyauswahl etwas klunky. Aber das Feature ist cool <3

I was introduced to #gpg and #openPGP a few years ago. We used it a little at work, and I always kept it around to see how to use it more. Recently got into signing commits on #GitHub and #Codeberg . Last night figured out how to get #keyoxide working and verified a few things. I’ll see how else I can get more secure with things this year. The possibilities seem endless.

I've gotten #gpg setup for signing commits. Is it best to create a new GPG key for each machine and #SSH key for #GitHub? Or can those be exported and shared across trusted machines?

#wroBookMark
#gpg #kleopatra 💚
may have fallen for her
-
again.

https://apps.kde.org/en-gb/kleopatra/

@echo_pbreyer Wichtig ist: Nicht allein auf das #System vertrauen sondern systematisch die #Nichtdurchsetzbarkeit von #Cyberfaschismus erarbeiten und sich konsequent #zentralisiert|er #SingleVendor / #SingleProvider - "#Lösungen" und "#Plattformen" verweigern.

Bspw. statt #beA & #DeMail konsequent #eMail mit #GPG/MIME nutzen!

Und nein, nicht #Datenschutz sondern #Förderalismus-Schwachsinn und reaktionärer #Internethass bremsen aus...

Staatliche Digitalausweise und andere zentralisierte Systeme sind kritisch zu hinterfragen, da die privaten Schlüssel dann unter staatlicher Kontrolle wären.

Statt also #Govware wie #DeMail sollte man konsequent #PGP bzw. #GPG/MIME nutzen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0EbD-1UPHE

@SheHacksPurple You probably want to avoid governments with defense and intel interests as well (#CISA and #NIST) because they likely are encouraged to recommend backdoored algorithms.

I trust the #FSF.Org . For email they recommend #GPG with 4 kbit RSA keys :

https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en

How To Encrypt And Decrypt Files Using GnuPG From Commandline In Linux #GnuPG #GPG #GNUPrivacyGuard #Linuxsecurity #Encryption #Decryption #Linuxhowto #Linuxcommands #Commandline #CLI
https://ostechnix.com/an-easy-way-to-encrypt-and-decrypt-files-from-commandline-in-linux/

An important part of keeping things safely locked is looking after your keys.

https://www.howtogeek.com/816878/how-to-back-up-and-restore-gpg-keys-on-linux/

#GPG #Encryption #Linux

Ooh, sweet... appreciate the fact that #Mastodon allows me to be a bit more expressive with what I can have on my #profile Now if there was a way to add my public #GPG key without ruining the formatting. #Customization #UserChoice

Use GPG on Linux? Here's how to backup your keys.

#GPG #Linux

https://www.howtogeek.com/816878/how-to-back-up-and-restore-gpg-keys-on-linux/

Just figured out the Keyoxide verification via public key thing. For the life of me I do not understand why when I run gpg --fingerprint in my terminal, it comes back with the ID having spaces and all capital letters, neither of which should be happening. Fun stuff.
#keyoxide #gpg #pgp #headaches

So, I had this great idea to encrypt my DMs using #GPG, but the character count is just too low :)

BUT... you should still check out #Mailvelope https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mailvelope/

It lets you encrypt (or sign) any text field in your browser... if it's big enough 😋

So, I had this great idea to encrypt my DMs using #GPG, but the character count is just too low :)

BUT... you should still check out #Mailvelope https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mailvelope/

It lets you encrypt (or sign) any text field in your browser... if it's big enough 😋