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Look how far we have come...we use a encrypted container to protect a text-file, let's talk about software bloat. What about "gpg --encrypt"?

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Insert infamous HN comment on how Dropbox will never succeed because you can do the same with git and a linux shared folder.

What is easier to use? A container or a single command?

What is faster to setup? A container or your already installed command?

What is easier to move and more portable? Your container or a pgp encrypted file?

Do you move your encrypted file into Dropbox or your encrypted container? ;)

When the single command is gpg, I’m not so sure…

But still better then tar :)

The container is easier. Veracrypt container DOS formatted is easier and more portable than GPG.

Look you have to be more precise everyone was thinking you're talking about Docker/Podman.

>>and more portable than GPG.

LLM's have hallucination too ;)

Haha, I didn't even think of that

Great solution if didn’t use a smartphone.

GPG was suggested as an alternative to:

> Keep a 50 megabyte encrypted container around for it. Mount, export, unmount

Which of the options do you think would be easier to work with on your smartphone? The are many PGP implementations for smartphones in the case you have to recover. Just move the file.

People who only use smartphones are just screwed anyway.

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