On Sep 11, 2018, at 3:50 AM, Vincent Breitmoser <look@my.amazin.horse> wrote:
Cleartext signatures are typically short. Is there a reason for even showing
the
text before the signature is verified and the charset known?
Yes. Cleartext signatures exist so that someone with no PGP can read the
message. Remember — DOS and BBSes. When you’re planning a meeting, you don’t
want to isolate the people who don’t have enough space on their floppy disk for
PGP *and* the BBS software.
Jon
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