Hello Ilias, When you use the "--export-secret-keys" option you will not be prompted for a password. This also scared me the first time I ran the command because I was thinking that my private-key could be exported by any hacker that got on my system. But do not fear, the keys that gets exported with this option are in their encrypted form and would require your password to make use of.
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Ilias el Matani <iliaselmat...@hotmail.com>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello there, > > I would like to know why, there is no 'security' when you making a Backup > of the keys via the > GNU Privacy Assistant - Key Manager. > > It's possible when you have physical access to the system, to export also > the private key. > Why we don't protect this? > > > - -- > > Ilias el Matani > > PGP KeyID: 0xc498c1c9 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQaqSNAAoJEDolin7EmMHJsV4P/RA0YMNVV8frq2kUU5+hTAlB > eWUO+j+KJ/g+m840i19zoKU2+wvqvqL0QpTeHEsW8+6edylTQnmdJEiiuJp5KxRf > HIbaR9pyxJf1shEGfE8dn/LiODfAQeM2yt/YE35wi2jU3pdLFkx5NMLNm2D43Y0S > MledxeR45FBPcA1EIvmOnM33MqFojeCW0F/qrchrqaqexSxb7BYoMspYTJ/HXzJU > dHp/e2OlNjw/Bmhc+5V6e0odiKEfHSfHUDfxrn+IsQgwOGqFdM211UH2eGmZMUb1 > cIiXB+0lN7M0TAeqr5xDYwIDHcx7f3WtQGezytzJyZ4At3r9o8iHhfEw/YnmX7Yj > e/4zULNUNZeCc16Ns+etFAIYRNuYK2yUBMY+IJHk0YkXj1VwxhFlS9FXfmCA5fZQ > QiSMACiNooFYl/Rm6p9F8JQnRi+EQkiA/rHj0GFb80A2ID0tlW6dqSL9BpgXNJs8 > ofaE3xdO2nAmt6M2ZNm2zWt9ThWTYzghy6hXYOJSyFQZCwvIGJbcE1bgI1SIr1KH > DJ7p5Vq5q064CsUvo8KNY36zrYpe0HCJMetu2lxZYSbF7eUwZMj86/aDn8eQfzX3 > hZzwJL7DJtpLgQY5B1tE/5bXfWXMZEnorPmUVW4ufXWc+hNl6RZptYjErZLqavJr > aAnSngduVTRX9FnEwg1n > =VSv3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users >
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