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|    Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins    |
|    Re: self-managed passwords with gpg    |
|    02 Feb 26 21:05:24    |
      TID: FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0100       CHRS: CP850 2       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20240604       MSGID: 2:280/464 698103fc       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 290e2409       Hi August,              On 2026-02-02 14:38:00, you wrote to me:               WvV>> Interesting, and maybe for emergency use, when a real password        WvV>> manager isn't available, but otherwise I don't find it very        WvV>> practical...               AA> Practical is exactly what it is! It doesn't rely on any other 3rd party        AA> software. And compatibility across OS changes is ensured.               AA> And.. a terminal is available to anyone, cmd-line or GUI.               AA> Just keep all the .gpg files in a easy to remember folder:               AA> C:\PW               AA> .. and list all of them with DIR (or ls) *.gpg               AA> Simple.               AA> Build it into a script for a faster list from any diretory:               AA> mypws, to produce the output of "dir c:\pw\*.gpg"                      AA> I dunno.. I think the use of gpg manually keeps us sharp.        User-friendly" as        AA> an excuse to use GUI kinda makes us lazy and dumb.              Are you going to use this yourself for every day use?              If so, let us know how you feel about it in a month or a year of usage... ;-)                     Bye, Wilfred.              --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227        * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)       SEEN-BY: 50/22 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 153/757 7715       SEEN-BY: 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/112 134 206 317 400 426 428 470 664 700 705 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 266/512 280/464 5003 5006 291/111 292/854 8125 301/1       SEEN-BY: 310/31 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 460/58 256 1124 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 8912       SEEN-BY: 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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