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by frobisher 1885 days ago
Great tool. For those of you who want to set up `pass` on your Android phone, here are my rough notes on how I did it. Apologies, they are rough:

- install Password Store on Android phone

- import remote repo using ssh

  - in my case, I was able to generate a new ssh key for my Android phone from within the Password Store app

  - I “somehow” sent this to myself and added on my github profile settings (from my laptop)

  - I was able to import my repo and see all my password names!
- still need my GPG key to unlock the password. For this I needed to install OpenKeychain on my android phone

- then somehow need to import my GPG key from my laptop to my phone

  - followed this to create the key file, knew most already: https://medium.com/@johnnymatthews/import-a-gpg-key-onto-your-phone-7dbadf16fefa 

  - couldn’t find a cable to connect to USB! Turns out if you connect to your phone by bluetooth, in Ubuntu it’s pretty easy to send a file from the Bluetooth settings menu.     Finding the file on my phone was another challenge! Turns out it’s stored in a “pixel 3a > bluetooth” folder in the files browser

  - imported file into OpenKeychain!
I love that using my gpg key still required my passphrase (only in my head!).

Don’t forget to delete the gpg key you exported on your laptop and your phone! Security of this? Not sure.

And voila! I can now see my `pass`words on my Android phone!