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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by upofadown on Sunday May 30, 2021 @04:03AM (#27331495)
Signal is an instant messenger ... which is fine, but sometimes you really do need the extra security provided by an offline messaging solution like OpenPGP. The Cellebrite thing was a good example of this. Cellebrite doesn't get OpenPGP messages as they can and are usually protected by a passphrase. Cellebrite gets Signal messages.
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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by cpach on Sunday May 30, 2021 @05:55AM (#27332025)
In that case I would recommend Age. It’s a modern and sound replacement for GPG.

https://age-encryption.org/

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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by upofadown on Sunday May 30, 2021 @07:42AM (#27332538)
Not really. My opinion in some detail:

* https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:agevspgp

Age might be such a replacement some day for just the encryption function. But it has a ways to go. Actually defining the format would be a good first step.

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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by cpach on Monday May 31, 2021 @03:48AM (#27341370)
For encrypted backups, I believe that Restic is a better tool https://restic.net/
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Re:GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG by throwaway45209 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @05:46AM (#27331981)
Enabling 'disappearing messages' will help I think.
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