Quote from: pathenry76 on August 24, 2013, 12:10 amAfter the recent scare over security, I took the plunge and set up tails with a persistent volume and new PGP keys. The problem is that I was drunk when I did it. Despite my own general computer illiteracy and drunkeness, I set everything up perfectly and all is well. EXCEPT I cant remember the password I used for the email I set up in association with my PGP keys. The keys work. I encrypt and decrypt just fine. But the email associated is useless to me. So back to the question: How important is the email associated with a PGP key?At the risk of lecturing you, one of the primary rules of security is to never use the computer, unless you are stone cold sober, well-rested, and able to focus completely on the task at hand (i.e. not distracted). It is precisely at times when you are tired, drunk/high or distracted that mistakes happen. Fortunately for you, no real damage was done this time. As far as the email address on your PGP key goes, it is merely a type of label -- it is there for the convenience of those who would corespond with you. It's a way of making it easier to locate someone's PGP key. Your key can be edited so as to remove the now-defunct email address. You can add another one. To edit a key in Tails, you merely have to open a terminal window (click on the little black square on the top menu bar). Once the terminal window opens, key in the following commands: gpg --edit-key joe@blow.org where joe@blow.org is replaced with the email address that you used. You will then want to use the adduid command, which will allow you to add a new user-id. After this is done, the old and new addresses will be shown, one with a 1 beside it, and the othe with a 2 beside it. Choose the number (1 or 2) corresponding to the user-id you want to remove. An asterisk will appear beside it to indicate it has been selected. You can then use the deluid command to delete the old user-id. Type in the save command at the prompt, and then type in quit. Restart gpg and you will see your changes reflected in your key. Nightcrawler4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22 Nightcrawler PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B MIT clearnet keryserverPGP Key: https://keys.indymedia.org/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B (IndyMedia https: clearnet keyserver)PGP Key: http://qtt2yl5jocgrk7nu.onion/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B (IndyMedia .onion keyserver)PGP Key: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=174.msg633090#msg633090PGP Key Fingerprint = 83F8 CAF8 7B73 C3C7 8D07 B66B AFC8 CE71 D9AF D2F0