On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 06:27:51PM -1000, John Helly wrote: > Hi. > > I've just discovered that emacs can unencrypt my *.gpg files without > prompting for a password. IMHO this largely negates the purpose of > encrypting files in case I lose my laptop. > > What's the logic behind this? I know it's for convenience but can I > encrypt my files such they cannot be opened without a passphrase? > > Thanks. > J.
Hello John,
I suppose Emacs caches the passphrase somehow. Maybe/Probably
this is done through gpg-agent: scan your gpg-agent config file
for `default-cache-ttl`, set it appropriately and report back!
-F
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