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GPG - Bad Passphrase when using a signing key
I'm using duplicity (via duplicity-backup.sh https://github.com/zertrin/duplicity-backup.sh - no longer under development or supported, but it's a convenient wrapper for duplicity), which I've been ...
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Does opening a picture in a temporary filesystem leave any traces with Eye of GNOME/eog?
Does the Gnome package eog leave any thumbnails or other privacy leaking information when opening a picture in a different filesystem?
I know that thumbnails are created by default in the home ...
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dirmngr try to lookup pubkeys in the internet
I was doing a python script with gpg encryption and was debugging why some files not encrypted. During this debugging session I find this:
gpg: error retrieving '[email protected]' via WKD: ...
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How to transfer GPG key to another computer
I generated the OpenPGP key on my Windows computer. I don't know why I didn't do it on Ubuntu. How do I get the key from that computer onto Ubuntu? Do I need to generate a new key?
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Use of revocation certificate as id.rev
Good afternoon everyone,
I ended up losing my passphrase to access my GPG key, but because I used the most current version when creating it, an ID.rev recall file was generated in the openpgp-revocs.d ...
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Deja Dup risk of data loss
I'm currently using Deja Dup ("Ubuntu Backups") to create backups of my data. However when reading around I see a lot of issues of people being unable to restore their backups in case the ...
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How does Mozilla Thunderbird handles my key, and can it import directly from gpg keyring?
I managed to export my keys from gpg in an armored text format, and import them in Mozilla Thunderbird, both the public and the private key.
Is there a way to avoid this process, and have Mozilla ...
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Does GnuPG store the revocation certificate in the keyring?
I generated a revocation certificate in GnuPG.
If I repeat the procedure, will I get a different revocation certificate?
In case it doesn't, does the certificate gets stored in the GnuPG keyring?
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Unable to get backup due to GPG error
I involuntarily erased all data from my hard drive, but I have a new backup on an external drive.
Trying to restore I get:
GPGError: GPG Failed, see log below:
===== Begin GnuPG log =====
gpg: ...
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Why Déjà Dup is failing with gpg: decryption failed: Bad session key in Ubuntu 20.04.1?
When backup start, I have the error
===== Begin GnuPG log =====
gpg: AES256 encrypted data
gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase
gpg: decryption failed: Bad session key
===== End GnuPG log =====
Though it ...
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Missing private key from smart card device [gpg, yubikey]
In my work environment, I currently use a smart card yubikey device for signing commits and encryption/decryption tasks. Apparently, some updates caused me some issues so now my computer cannot find ...
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GPG "No valid OpenPGP data found"
I have a number of files I previously encrypted with a symmetric key using GnuPG 2.2.4, on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. Although I have successfully decrypted them in the past, for some unknown reason, I get ...
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GnuPG 2.2.4 file decryption issue with symmetric key
I am having issues attempting to decrypt a file that I previously encrypted using a symmetric key I created. I am using GnuPG 2.2.4, on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
To highlight part of the problem I created a ...
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Unable to configure Kgpg kwalletmanager
Just installed Ubuntu 19.04 minimal with
apt install plasma-desktop sddm kwin --no-install-recommends
All good. Installed Brave Browser as described here.
Now opening brave, it opened "KDE wallet ...
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Layers of confusion about Deja-Dup encrypted backups
I've been happily rolling along with my Deja-Dup backups to remote Google Drive for a month or so. At some point, I may or may not have entered a passphrase. I may or may not have had a GPG key at the ...
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