On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Matthias Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am I doing anything wrong or maybe misunderstanding something? My > understanding is that passphrases are meant for a situation where > someone gets their hands on my private key and this behaviour seems to > defy the purpose. >
If your environment is unsafe and you don't trust it, then you should authorize the private key each time that it is used. If you are in a safe environment and you trust it, you don't need to authorize the key each time you use it. I think that the latest versions of GnuPG are taking a more conservative approach, by not trusting the environment, so you have to give the passphrase more often.
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