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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.   
      
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