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It seems there is no standard proper way to store private keys.

I have been using AGE [0]

And I really don't like the idea of having the keys stored in the home directory in plain text.

There is also a risk of losing the keys if my laptop is damaged or gets stolen.

Is there a proper tool for storing encryption keys?

1. atmosx ◴[] No.44009991[source]
Paper. There’s a project called paperkey that allows you to store GPG keys on A4 paper. You could apply a similar approach to your age encrypted private keys or store them in plain text.

Modern smartphones have excellent OCR (optical character recognition) capabilities, so converting images of printed text back into digital form is now quite easy and reliable.

Personally, I use 1Password, and even they recommend printing out a PDF copy of your passwords and storing it in a secure location - like a physical vault. It’s a practical backup in case something happens and someone needs access to your credentials.