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Generate a PGP key from a passphrase

4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 4 comments · first 2021-04-15 · latest 2025-09-14

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  1. I love it. It is so simple and flexible. But a life saver is using it with < https://github.com/skeeto/passphrase2pgp >. This means we don't need to move gpg/ssh keys we can just recreate them by remembering their passphrase (and other…
    comment by 0fflineuser · 2025-09-14 · in Pass: Unix Password Manager
  2. …this to a more permanent identity. I'm honestly surprised that strategy is not more widespread. [0] https://github.com/skeeto/passphrase2pgp
    comment by nathanmcrae · 2023-03-28 · in OpenPGP master key on Nitrokey Start
  3. …passwords using pass [2]. Of course, the "master" passphrase must be kept safe or remembered. 1. https://github.com/skeeto/passphrase2pgp 2. https://www.passwordstore.org/
    comment by reedlaw · 2022-06-07 · in I've locked myself out of my digital life
  4. …hard to memorize but you can have it noted is plain text since it's not sensitive information) [1]: https://github.com/skeeto/passphrase2pgp
    comment by TeddyDD · 2021-04-15 · in Pass: The standard Unix password manager