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by captn3m0 1247 days ago
The agent-driven nature of PGP, along with the encoding itself (which was primarily meant for emails) adds a lot of complexity, and makes it much harder to setup, configure, and use safely compared to other tools.

It is a tool trying to securely manage keys in an insecure environment, and even offloading some parts (such as to a yubikey) doesn't make it any easier to use.

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> compared to other tools

Genuinely curious as to what other tools. I don't find PGP terribly too complex to setup or manage.

> It is a tool trying to securely manage keys in an insecure environment

I mean, yea. Isn't that every encryption tool on someone's local machine?