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# GPG
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GPG is the standard encryption tool.
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## Use Cases
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gpg can be used to:
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- Sign things with your signing subkey
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- Read encrypted messages sent to you with your encryption subkey
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- Send encrypted messages to other people with their public key
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- Verify the authenticity of someone's messages and other data with their public key
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You should not use gpg if:
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- You should use gpg.
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## Usage
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Export `GPG_TTY` in your shell's init script. This is how you would do it in [fish](/fish):
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```fish
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export GPG_TTY=(tty)
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```
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[gnupg]: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg
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