Fw: Paperkey question

[Faramir]

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Dirk Zemisch escribió:
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>>From David Shaw came the following:
> 
>> Yes and no.  Someone could restore your private key in the sense
>> that they could recreate the same secret key file that you have.
>> However, they could not use it as the paper key has the same
>> passphrase as your secret key.
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> And from Ian:
> 
>> No the paperkey is encrypted with your passphrase as well.  They
>> could restore your secret key but would not know but would need your
>> passphrase to use it.
> 
> Thanks for the answers. I always was ready to burn my paperkey
> print. Now I don't need to do so. ;-)

  But don't forget it also means if you forget your passphrase, you are
toasted... or if your passphrase is too easy, it could be broken...

  Best Regards
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