Re: [Tails-dev] [RFC] WhisperBack for frontdesk

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Author: intrigeri
Date: 2016-03-14 15:13 -000
To: The Tails public development discussion list
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] [RFC] WhisperBack for frontdesk
sajolida wrote (14 Mar 2016 14:24:49 GMT) :
> Granted. "Watch Thread" could work. It adds an "eye" icon by the thread
> (see attachment). I'll ask frontdesk whether if it's good enough for them.


... and then I suspect that one can use some filter / dynamic search /
whatever it is called to look at watched threads only :)

>>> Then, what about forcing them to paste the full public key (and not only
>>> the key ID or a link)? This would prevent us from fiddling with key
>>> servers while still allowing us to solve "1) Verify that the key matches
>>> the email address of the user." and "2) Verify that the key exists.".
>>> It doesn't solve "3) Be nice to people sending many reports" for these
>>> persona and actually make the situation a little worse for them; but way
>>> nicer for the ones who have their private key in Tails, so maybe that's
>>> fine.
>>
>> Sounds good wrt. scoping and end results. Plus, it addresses my
>> concerns about who will maintain that code once it's been written.


> I'll update this on the blueprint at some point. I'm glad we reach an
> agreement on the engineering side of things.


Same!

> I still haven't received
> feedback from frontdesk since November 30 so it seems like my "clients"
> are not really in a hurry.


Yay, that's about future plans anyway, and Alan probably has other
things to finish before starting this one, so I guess we can take it
easy :)