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minus-squareshoki@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, 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…
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago(Open)PGP is the protocol, GPG is just one application that implements it.
minus-squareXylight@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThose names get really really confusing. I used GPG to use a PGP key. I get mixed up too much.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoRight. OpenPGP is the protocol. PGP is the original app, which predates the spec.
minus-squaremagi@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoDid you actually have to acksually this though? Every mom and their cat simply calls it pgp
PGP? Surely you mean GnuPG.
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…
(Open)PGP is the protocol, GPG is just one application that implements it.
Those names get really really confusing. I used GPG to use a PGP key. I get mixed up too much.
Right. OpenPGP is the protocol. PGP is the original app, which predates the spec.
Did you actually have to acksually this though? Every mom and their cat simply calls it pgp