Hi,
> From: intrigeri <intrigeri@???>
> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:49:01 +0100
>
> Hi,
>
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>
> The home-grown applet now features:
>
> - symmetrically *encrypt* clipboard content
> - *decrypt* clipboard content (regardless of the kind of OpenPGP
> encryption)
> - status icon and action menu change depending on the content of the
> clipboard(s), the same way as the Seahorse applet does
>
Nice.
> Missing features wrt. the Seahorse + FireGPG combo:
>
> - asymmetric (i.e. public key) encryption
> - signature verification
> - import key (covered by other parts of the Seahorse UI, though)
>
> I tend to think the current state of things is good enough to be
> shipped in Tails. I hope the vast majority of asymmetric OpenPGP users
> could/should use a MUA rather than FireGPG / Seahorse applet.
> I'd rather keep this home-grown applet simple and stupid, and not dive
> into the mess that is "presenting possible encryption keys and
> deciding which one should be the preferred one for a given recipient".
>
I already used asymetric encryption inside webmail in Tails, but I'm
probably not acting as the majority of Tails users… So if such a
functionnality already existed, I would like that we ship it, but it's
probably not worth writing it.
> On the other hand, I'm a bit more doubtful about verifying the
> clipboard content. If there's enough push in favor of it, I'll add it.
>
On the other hand, I would push in favor of including verification
feature.
Cheers,
Alan
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