• dan@upvote.au
        1·
        4 months ago

        Right. OpenPGP is the protocol. PGP is the original app, which predates the spec.

        • magi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          01·
          4 months ago

          Did you actually have to acksually this though? Every mom and their cat simply calls it pgp

          • dan@upvote.au
            0·
            4 months ago

            PGP is a different piece of software though. Would you refer to Firefox as “Chrome” because both of them can use the same protocol (HTTP)?

            This reminds me of my parents referring to every games console as a “PlayStation” lol

            • Morphit @feddit.uk
              1·
              4 months ago

              Except PGP is a substring of the ‘technically correct’ term. It’s like someone saying you’re playing on your Nintendo - “Um, actually it’s a Nintendo 64.”

      • Xylight@lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Those names get really really confusing. I used GPG to use a PGP key. I get mixed up too much.

    • shoki@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, you’re right. Who thought that it was a good idea to name two things that mean a similar thing PGP and GPG? It is so easy to use the wrong one…