Traveling without a secret key

Franck Routier (perso) alci at mecadu.org
Thu Jul 9 19:22:17 CEST 2020


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.

Franck




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