[ale] PGP/GPG

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

I don't have a URL for a primer but have been using GPG/PGP for years
and actually helped with a couple of the past Xmas key signing events.


On 3/22/2017 3:05 PM, Jonathan Meek wrote:
>
> Does someone know a good primer on using PGP/GPG? Had a key a few
> years ago but due to a computer crash (forgot to do backups) & lost
> the private key.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 2:03 PM Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net
> <mailto:agcarver%2Bale at acarver.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 2017-03-22 09:20, Kyle Brieden wrote:
>     > Howdy all,
>     >
>     > I've recently made a concerted effort to get back to using GPG
>     keys with
>     > email for signing and, when possible, encryption.  I learned
>     about it
>     > nearly a decade ago when I was first getting into Linux, but
>     fell off
>     > when it became more of a hassle than a help.  That being said, with
>     > everything that is happening these days (wikileaks vault 7
>     drop?), I am
>     > more security conscious, and I am more steady-state with the devices
>     > that I use day to day.
>     >
>     > On my desktop, I'm using the new keybase.io <http://keybase.io>
>     desktop client, which is
>     > very nice.  If anyone would like more information about
>     keybase.io <http://keybase.io> or
>     > invites, please let me know, as I have a good few to hand out. 
>     On my
>     > cell phone, I'm using OpenKeychain in conjunction with K-9 Mail.  It
>     > works beautifully, and has some very nice features for key
>     > signing/sharing etc.
>     >
>     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.sufficientlysecure.keychain
>     >  My email server uses RoundCube, which has a very nice enigma plugin
>     > that makes using keys much more simple.
>     >
>     > Does anyone have any good workflows for using keys for
>     signatures and
>     > encryption that could help the rest of us out?
>     >
>     > Is anyone interested in a key signing event soon?
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>
>
>     I want to see something that is easy for my parents to use.  I use
>     Thunderbird for my desk client (K9 for my phone client but I don't
>     normally read email on the phone, just send) and I already have GPG
>     integration in Thunderbird via Enigmail.  However, it's a bit
>     fiddly so
>     I need something that is a little easier.  I've been trying to
>     convince
>     my parents to switch from solely using webmail to Thunderbird or some
>     other local client and then use PGP for anything really important.
>
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