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Re: [openpgp] Intent to deprecate: Insecure primitives

2015-03-18 17:39:17
The software works fine. The user has either lost the secret key file or has forgotten the passphrase. I don't know a technical solution, particularly to the 2nd problem. Any suggestions?

Cheers - Bill

On 3/18/15 at 12:23 AM, falcon(_at_)iridiumlinux(_dot_)org (Falcon Darkstar Momot) wrote:

No!  This is the kind of attitude that got OpenPGP into its current
usability mess!

On 17/03/2015 16:11, Bill Frantz wrote:
But frankly I'd like my encryption software to just maintain the ability
to decrypt it later.

Well, the problem isn't the software. It is the user.

Cheers - Bill

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