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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: stemcell on January 25, 2013, 02:09 am
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if you have two handles for example, one for pleasure, one for work, can you use the same pgp program (without downloading it 2x) and just hit 'new keys" to generate a 2nd key for your other account without it deleting your keys from your first account? if not, how would one get a second key because shareing one would not be a smart move due to safety concerns.
thank you
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Yes it's possible to have multiple pgp keys that you own on the same program.. just make sure to decrypt using the right one.
No-one could possibly know that you have more than one handle unless you sign using both. Or give them the wrong one by mistake..
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What midlandsmafia says is true, but for newbies, I would strongly recommend maintaining separate PGP programs so there's less chance of accidentally mixing them up. This happened to SS and I'm sure others. It's the reason why Tor is distributed as a separate browser rather than a Firefox add-on like it used to be. Accidental privacy leaks are too easy.
I recommend using GPG4USB which is portable and can be extracted anywhere. So extract one copy into a folder called Work and another copy into a folder called MY SUPER ILLEGAL SHIT and you're much less likely to get them mixed up. :)
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That is a great idea, Thank you ASTOR. Very much appreciated.