GnuPG: Bad Passphrase (try 2 of 3)

[Matthias Apitz]

Hello,

I've GnuPG 2.1.12 on my mobile device (without any OpenPGP card) and
generated there a new secret key to encrypt credentials I'm using on
this device. I was a bit surprised reading (after entering a bas
passphrase for testing):

                 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
                 │ Please enter the passphrase to unlock the OpenPGP secret key:  │
                 │ "Matthias Apitz (BQ E4.5 key) <guru at unixarea.de>"              │
                 │ 4096-bit RSA key, ID FA46903FD2B8E5E9,                         │
                 │ created 2019-01-07 (main key ID 8F3E3E3C247AB779).             │
                 │                                                                │
                 │                                                                │
     **********> │ Bad Passphrase (try 2 of 3)                                    │
                 │                                                                │
                 │ Passphrase: __________________________________________________ │
                 │                                                                │
                 │         <OK>                                    <Cancel>       │
                 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Note: This is not with the PIN of an OpenPGP-card. What would happen
exactly after the 3rd bad value? Destroy of the key or my device? :-)

Thanks

	matthias
-- 
Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru at unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-176-38902045
Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pub
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