Don't store your key on a flash drive! [was Re: GnuPG (GPG) Problem]

Robert J. Hansen rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Sun Aug 20 16:18:13 CEST 2006


Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> A smartcard is very convenient as far as it's a multi application
> device, so you can store much other info apart from GnuPG keys,
> i.e. Mozilla passwords or such.

... I'm sorry, I'm scratching my head over here trying to figure out how
a flash drive doesn't also share these properties.  In fact, given the
limited space available on a smartcard, the limited application support
for them, etc., it seems flash drives are the clear winner in this context.




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