About a minute from incoming ciphertext to readable plaintext. PGPony reads your secret key from your device's secure storage, decrypts in memory, and shows you the result.
Locate the PGP block wherever it arrived: email body, chat message, paste site, file content.
Copy the entire block including the -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- and
-----END PGP MESSAGE----- delimiters. The delimiters are part of the standard
format and the parser needs them.
Open PGPony and switch to the Decrypt tab. Tap Paste to drop the ciphertext into the input field, then tap Decrypt.
PGPony identifies which secret key the message is encrypted to and prompts to unlock it (biometric, passphrase, or whichever protection you have configured). The secret key briefly comes out of secure storage to perform decryption, then returns to its protected state.
PGPony displays the decrypted message. If the message was also signed, signature verification status appears alongside, typically a clear indicator showing the signer's fingerprint and whether the signature validates.
For decrypted files (rather than text), the Result screen offers Share Decrypted File, Save to Files, and Copy to Clipboard. Pick whichever fits where the file needs to go next.
PGPony reports which key the message is encrypted to. If that secret key isn't in your keyring (it's on another device, or the message was encrypted to someone else), decryption can't proceed. Import the correct secret key first.
Yes. Open the .pgp file from your mail app or file system and route it into PGPony. Same handling as pasted text.
Possible causes: sender's public key not in your keyring yet (import it); the message was modified in transit (resend); the signature comes from a different key than the one you have for that sender (verify out-of-band).
Decryption operates in memory; PGPony shows the plaintext rather than writing it to disk by default. Normal OS clipboard semantics apply if you copy the plaintext.
The secret key sits in encrypted storage. Decryption needs to bring it briefly into memory, gated by your biometric or passphrase. Same protection covers signing.
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