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   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: OpenPGP Forwarding   
   26 Sep 23 08:45:42   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.2.0.0   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 65127e2d   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 0cc14019   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2023-09-25 18:24:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>>> "Abstract   
      
    AA>>>    An OpenPGP user may want to request their email provider to   
    AA>>>    automatically forward some or all of the messages they receive to   
    AA>>> a   
    AA>>>    third party.  Given that messages are encrypted, this requires   
    AA>>>    transforming them into ciphertexts decryptable by the intended   
    AA>>>    forwarded parties, while maintaining confidentiality and   
    AA>>>    authentication."   
      
    WvV>> Yeah, don't really understand why you would want or need this...   
      
    AA> I concur.  What's wrong with sending encrypted email to a   
    AA> direct destination. I don't understand the need for a "trusted   
    AA> 3rd party".   
      
    AA> Perhaps this is a ruse by some three-letter agencies to gain   
    AA> the opportunity to read encrypted traffic.   
      
   I had the same thought...   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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