GPG stores the password after encription?

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Fri Sep 11 11:28:11 CEST 2026


On Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:32, Jacob Bachmeyer said:

> As far as I know, the attack is theoretical, but it could be addressed
> for extra paranoia points.  :-)

https://www.xkcd.com/538/

The reason why we have this in-RAM encryption is that it may eventually
allow us to store the key on some special device (SecureEnclave, TPM,
whatever).


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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refuse military service.             - A. Einstein
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