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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·2 months ago(Open)PGP is the protocol, GPG is just one application that implements it.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoRight. OpenPGP is the protocol. PGP is the original app, which predates the spec.
minus-squareXylight@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThose names get really really confusing. I used GPG to use a PGP key. I get mixed up too much.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI have little trouble myself but I have an “advantage”:
minus-squareshoki@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·2 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-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoI try to keep things simple by only using GGG or PPP.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoPretty Good Privacy (proprietary original) GNU Privacy Guard (open source clone) OpenPGP is the shared spec
PGP? Surely you mean GnuPG.
(Open)PGP is the protocol, GPG is just one application that implements it.
Right. OpenPGP is the protocol. PGP is the original app, which predates the spec.
Those names get really really confusing. I used GPG to use a PGP key. I get mixed up too much.
I have little trouble myself but I have an “advantage”:
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…
I try to keep things simple by only using GGG or PPP.
Gnu’s Not GnuPGP
more like GPG’s not PGP
Pretty Good Privacy (proprietary original)
GNU Privacy Guard (open source clone)
OpenPGP is the shared spec
Oh not this again… 😂