Show or export GPG public key
$ gpg --export -a john
will show the public key of john in the terminal - which is not convenient if you want to send it to someone.
$ gpg --export -a john > public.key
will export the public key to a file which you can send via email or published on a webpage1.
The option -a
is short for --armor
which, as stipulated in the manual of GnuPG, “takes output from commands and prints it in format that can be safely e-mailed.”2.
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I do self-funded research and I'm writing a book.
> What's the book about?
About technologies and epistemology.
Meaning, technologies can foster agency. No doubt. But I am also asking:
Can technologies make us blind?
I posted a summary of the prologue on the homepage: https://yctct.com/
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