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Difficulty in understanding how PGP secret keys are synced
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Description
I am using 2 PGP keys (A and B) and 2 devices (P and Q) with keybase CLI client.
After importing the keys to keybase and removed private key from keybase site (sorry cannot remember exact order of operations), I found that the export of private (secret) key are working differently in 2 devices:
- keybase client in P can export secret key of both A and B
- keybase client in Q can export secret key of A but not B
After reading [Local Key Security](https://keybase.io/docs/crypto/local-key-security) I assume P and Q now have different set of secret keys in their 'keybase local keyring', but cannot figure out a way to inspect under the hood.
Can I ask what is a supposed way to synchronize the secret key again (with keybase, CLI only if possible) ?
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Research direction
Start with the linked Local Key Security documentation and the keybase CLI entry points for exporting secret keys. Compare the reported behavior for devices P and Q and determine whether a supported synchronization or inspection procedure exists; done means documenting that procedure or confirming the behavior is unsupported.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cli, cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 25/100