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Re:End-to-end encrypted messages need more than libsignal by aborsy on Saturday December 10, 2022 @04:18AM (#33931214)
You use hardware keys and don’t care about forward secrecy. Private key never leaks.

For offline file encryption ( pgp isn’t intended for messaging).

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Re:End-to-end encrypted messages need more than libsignal by hiq on Saturday December 10, 2022 @06:18AM (#33931670)
> You use hardware keys and don’t care about forward secrecy. Private key never leaks.

I guess you mean "leak" as in "being copied", which relies on how good the hardware actually is at preventing this, but what if I just lose my hardware key, isn't that the same?

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