On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:27 PM, Emil Lundberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> GPG's default way of working (using asymmetric encryption) actually >> uses symmetric encryption as well and solves the key management problems >> and risks that were overlooked by the original poster. >> > > I'm assuming what OP is after is to not have to deal with asymmetric GPG > keys in the first place, regardless of whether the files are technically > encrypted symmetrically or not. It *is* a slightly higher barrier to entry > than just using plain passwords for encryption, though I personally don't > see how the small extra setup cost doesn't outweigh the long-term > convenience benefits. > That's right. And also it happened that gpg-agent was not configured properly on my system, and it requested the passphrase each time that I was reading something. I had to google for it and to add some lines to '.bashrc'. Maybe this is OK for most of us, but maybe it is a problem for a random user.
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