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Re: Can I just copy my gpg data from one computyer to the other?

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In article <0d8b5154ccef36862dae938de467b8b6@dizum.com>
Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
>
> In article <24fb06f123178509c4daf2cfe3a3b176@hoi-polloi.org>
> Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> wrote:
> >
> > In article <q6lh6l$2ts$1@neodome.net>
> > "rmd" <remedy@not-for-mail.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I am leaving a Vista box and going to a Win10 box.
> > > >
> > > > On the Win10 box I have installed the latest Gpg4win with gpg
> > > > 2.2.11.
> > > >
> > > > I have done a gpg --version command in a command prompt and I see
> > > > that both the Win10 installation and the older version on the Vista
> > > > box have their "home" at C:/Users/.../AppData/Roaming/gnupg where
> > > > "..." is my user name.
> > > >
> > > > Can I just copy some of the files from the Vista box to the same
> > > > location on the Win10 box? Or do I need to do some sort of export
> > > > and import?
> > > >
> > > > Assuming that I can just copy the files back and forth, I know that
> > > > I'd need to copy the secring.gpg and pubring.gpg files to the new
> > > > location, but what other files from the old location should I copy
> > > > over?
> > >
> > >   You should be able to copy the entire former folder over to W10.  Before you do, rename the new Gpg4win folder on W10 to something else so you can get back if something goes wrong.
> > >
> > >   But you need to understand something.  Microsoft WILL take a copy of your keys and keep them.  This is what W10 is all about.  Grabbing everyone's data and storing it on their disk.  A court order is all there is between your keys and the government.
> >
> > Well, thanks for confirming that I can just load in the old data.
> > I'll just move all of the current data, on the Win10 box, elsewhere
> > and then copy the old data from the Vista box into the
> > C:/Users/.../AppData/Roaming/gnupg folder on the Win10 box.
>
> Instructions.
>
> https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/kb/gpg-keychain-faq/backup-or-
> transfer-your-keys
>
> > As for M$ copying my keys, is there any proof that they're doing
> > that, or is this another conspiracy thing? I know that I can be
> > paranoid, but I also try to be rational about it.
>
> None.  He's just a drooling idiot.

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  Re: Can I just copy my gpg data from one computyer to the other? "rmd" <remedy@not-for-mail.invalid> - 2019-03-17 08:15 -0500
    Re: Can I just copy my gpg data from one computyer to the other? Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> - 2019-03-17 14:47 +0100
    Re: Can I just copy my gpg data from one computyer to the other? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2019-03-18 02:19 +0100
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