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   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: GoldED   
   09 Jan 20 22:52:51   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5e17a1a0   
   REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e179ca2   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2020-01-09 23:35:38, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> Below is my reply to your message. It's not encrypted only signed (but   
    >> not clearsigned). Anyone with gpg can decode it and view it's contents.   
    >> If they have my public key they can verify it was me who wrote it. Why   
    >> you would want to do it this way, I don't know. I can't think of a   
    >> use-case for it...   
      
    AA> TB decrypted it automatically, (but it obscured your preface above; the   
    AA> decryption result in TB fills the whole reading window of the open   
    AA> message).   
      
   I get the same thing when I decode a message with mixed content from within   
   golded. It's to be expected. But golded doesn't decode unless told to, so I   
   always see the mixed content first...   
      
    AA> It contained this security header info:   
      
    AA> Part of the message signed Good signature from Wilfred van Velzen   
    AA>  Key ID: 0xD50ECD4F514B75DC0A064F893BB37DA84A97932B   
    AA> / Signed on: 01/09/20, 3:58 PM Key fingerprint: D50E CD4F 514B 75DC 0A06   
    AA> 4F89 3BB3 7DA8 4A97 932B Used Algorithms: RSA and SHA-1   
      
   Good.   
      
    AA> I assume that it can then be read by anyone who has the key of the   
    AA> author.  ?   
      
   No you don't even need the key, to decode it, only to verify it.   
      
    AA> If so, then a good practical use would be if you wanted a totally   
    AA> obscured message stream by adding an extra layer of frustration to just   
    AA> anyone, or even from the bots that skim messages. ?  I kinda like that.   
      
    AA> It would force the would-be reader to collect the keys of everyone who   
    AA> is writing the messages, but still remain a lurker. ?   
      
   It doesn't work that way.   
      
    AA> Not good good for sharing sensitive info though.   
      
   Nope. And it wasn't intended for that purpose.   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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