To backup the passwords a copy of ~/.password-store/ is enough, but to completely recover, a backup of the gpg keys is also required. What's your strategy for this? Do you just backup the entire ~/.gnupg/ directory?
I use passphrase2pgp[1] so I can recreate my GPG key anywhere. I need to remember three pieces of information:
- passphrase (long sentence, but it's easy to remember)
- uid (Name <email> - easy)
- timestamp (10 digits - kinda hard to memorize but you can have it noted is plain text since it's not sensitive information)
I have my key on multiple devices (e.g. my phone where I use the Password Store app). Then I have backups of the key as .asc on USB drives as well as printed on paper at two different physical locations.
