On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:56, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: > Are there any particular problems the durability of a smartcard, > particularly an OpenPGP card? Are there any damage concerns from wallet
It is not different than with any other chip card. If you immerse the card into water only the contacts my corrode. Use an eraser to clean them. If you bend the card to strong the chip may get an microfissure and stop working. I have several chip cards in my purse for may years now without any problems. Granted most money cards still use the magstripe but at least my OpenPGP card and my RFID based season ticket are chip-only cards. As an alternative you may use an ID-000 (GSM card size) card along with an USB reader and put it on your key ring. I had one on mine for at least 4 years and it surived summer, winter, snow and sun without any problems. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users