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+# source: https://www.jfry.me/articles/2015/gpg-smartcard/
+no-emit-version
+no-comments
+keyid-format 0xlong
+with-fingerprint
+use-agent
+personal-cipher-preferences AES256 AES192 AES CAST5
+personal-digest-preferences SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224
+cert-digest-algo SHA512
+default-preference-list SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224 AES256 AES192 AES CAST5 ZLIB BZIP2 ZIP Uncompressed