Traveling without a secret key

[Stefan Claas]

Franck Routier (perso) wrote:
 
> Le jeudi 09 juillet 2020 à 14:58 +0200, Stefan Claas a écrit :
> > Juergen Bruckner via Gnupg-users wrote:
> >  
> > Hi Juergen
> > 
> > > It's a good question what to do if you lose your SC or token.
> > > Basically, it has to be said that you should definitely have a
> > > backup of
> > > your key. And you have to be very careful with your SC or tokens.
> > > In principle it is almost the same as losing your credit card or
> > > passport etc. while traveling; you have to provide alternatives
> > > (e.g.
> > > multiple smartcards).
> > 
> > Since you and Andrew are using smard cards or tokens I would like to
> > ask the following, prior considering purchasing one myself in the
> > near
> > future.
> > 
> > I use Windows 10 and Android (Samsung A40) and would like to know,
> > in case the is possible with my smartphone and under Windows 10 to
> > use a smard card where I can enter a PIN, thus only putting a secret
> > key without a passphrase on it, for ease of use, because my bank card
> > also has only a PIN. Is there software for such PIN entering for Win
> > and Android availalble and if so what Android email client software
> > would you or Andrew recommend, which allows to use a secret key
> > without
> > a passphrase from a smard card?
> > 
> > Regards
> > Stefan
> > 
> 
> For Android (actually I use /e/ degoogled OS), I use K9Mail and
> OpenKeyChain, together with a NFC Yubikey. I also use PasswordStore for
> all sort of passwords, that I synchronize using git with my other
> devices.

Thanks for the information, much appreciated!

Regards
Stefan

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