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Re: GPG integration

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On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 19:50:57 +0200, Daniel Brandes <dbs@brandes.xyz> wrote:
>while I used to employ GnuPG's GPGtools implementation on OSX/macOS 
>(which integrates with Mail.app), I recently switched to TB and would 
>like to make use of it's internal key management. I don't find it too 
>convenient – e.g. lack of key shortcuts – but manually importing would 
>be way more of a hassle.
>Unfortunately it doesn't seem to sync with the existing database, and 
>retrieving new keys by --import solely writes to GnuPG.
>Is there any workaround or tool to combine them? Not being an expert, 
>I'm wondering whether interference between the two could even be 
>relevant security wise.

p.s.   gnupg (https://gnupg.org/) does seem to be popular, and is widely recommended
by encryption experts . . . even the highly-regarded author of omnimix describes any
one skeptical about trusting gnupg "uninformed" ... https://www.danner-net.de/om.htm
>...
>Concerning electronic mail, the most obvious procedure would be to become firm in the
>usage of encryption software like GnuPG to convert your postal card into a letter, so
>that really no one apart from the sender and the intended recipient/s will be able to
>read data that are exchanged. 'Really no one' means, that tools like GnuPG, where the
>source code is freely available and can be reviewed by everyone, provide established
>mathematical algorithms unlikely to be broken in the forseeable future, regardless of
>all the rumors that are spread to discourage uninformed people and prevent them from
>realizing their civil rights concerning privacy....
[end quoted excerpt]

maybe so (i'm no expert, ergo uninformed), but the classic pgp 6.5.8ckt (2002-05-02)
installs and afaict runs fine in windows 11 24h2 in lieu of the "memory page locking
driver" warning that "sensitive data such as passphrases may end up being written to
the system paging file" (as with any encryption software or its usage, caveat emptor)

sample of archived links to this enduring legacy version of pgp for windows:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.panta-rhei.dyndns.org/downloads/PGP/
>https://web.archive.org/web/20041106013644/http://www.panta-rhei.dyndns.org/downloads/PGP/
>pgp658ckt08.zip    06-Jun-2003 13:44    6.1M  
(pgp658ckt08.zip / 6.06 MB), extracted . . .
(\pgp658ckt08 / 6.39 MB / 3 Files, 0 Folders), installed . . .
(changed default folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Network Associates\PGP" to "C:\PGP658")
(C:\PGP658 / 4.71 MB / 27 Files, 3 Folders) . . . runs in system tray as "pgptray" with
the padlock icon . . . again, akaict, this program would _appear_ to work as advertised

direct link:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.panta-rhei.eu.org/downloads/PGP/pgp658ckt08.zip
https://web.archive.org/web/20060919030712/http://www.panta-rhei.eu.org/downloads/PGP/pgp658ckt08.zip
>pgp658ckt08.exe      6.33 MB
>pgp658ckt08.zip.sig  4.00 KB
>pgp658ckt08.txt      49.2 KB
>PGP 6.5.8ckt - Build08 - Read me file - 05/02/2002
>Imad R. Faiad
>Version: 6.5.8ckt http://www.ipgpp.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20020215231038/http://www.ipgpp.com/

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GPG integration Daniel Brandes <dbs@brandes.xyz> - 2025-06-07 19:50 +0200
  Re: GPG integration D <J@M> - 2025-06-08 00:35 +0200
    Re: GPG integration Daniel Brandes <dbs@brandes.xyz> - 2025-06-08 16:24 +0200
  Re: GPG integration VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-06-07 23:13 -0500
    Re: GPG integration Daniel Brandes <dbs@brandes.xyz> - 2025-06-08 17:52 +0200
  Re: GPG integration Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-06-08 10:22 +0100
  Re: GPG integration D <J@M> - 2025-06-08 18:26 +0200
  Re: GPG integration D <noreply@dirge.harmsk.com> - 2025-06-08 23:16 -0400

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