Please don't answer this question if you think PGP/GPG is good.
Should I switch from having a different SSH key on all of my computers to just using a single password encrypted SSH key?
I'm not worried about any of my computers being broken into, except for my phone, but I don't think I should have to worry much about it giving access to the rest of my computers if the SSH key is encrypted.
This would enable having a consistent key & identity between my devices for whatever services I use the key for, but it also feels like a bad idea. My problem is key management, because I have five computers that each have their own key, so the work is multiplied every time I need to add or remove a computer. I don't think I can just use a hardware key because I don't think Android has any support for that kind of thing. A hardware key is also easy to lose.
#Linux
Luna Lactea
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2026-05-22 17:38:21 UTC
Author Public Key
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wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-05-22 17:38:21 UTCEvent JSON
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