On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Kostantinos Koukopoulos < koukopoulos+gnupg-us...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Makes sense, So does anyone know the version of BasicCard used for openpgp > cards? Or who to contact with this question? I asked at the distributor ( > kernelconcepts.de) and they said they couldn't answer such technical > questions and suggested I try asking on this list. > > > For everyone's information, fter getting in touch with ZeitCorp, the makers of the hardware and software in the OpenPGP cards in question, I received a reply from Michael Petig stating that they use the Professional BasicCard ZC7.5 which includes a hardware RNG. Of course in the end it still comes down to the question of how much we trust ZeitCorp, but I have no positive reason not to. Using these cards has risk of course but much smaller than the potential for increased security. Cheers, Konstantinos
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