Re: [Tails-dev] [Tails-support] PGP MIME is insecure (for me…

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Author: Clement Hermann
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To: tails-dev
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] [Tails-support] PGP MIME is insecure (for me)
Le 05/03/2015 13:26, sajolida a écrit :
> Jeff Anderson:
>
>> It has something to do with the fact that once you encrypt a message for
>> the receiving party, you may not be able to decrypt it yourself. A message
>> in the 'drafts' folder is incomplete by definition and may need to be
>> re-opened by the sender in plaintext to make adjustments. So the message
>> cannot be fully encrypted while in the draft section.
> A usual trick to prevent this is to encrypt messages for yourself as
> well as for the receiver. Is there any option for that in Claws maybe?
>

FYI, AFAICS, this is how Enigmail handles it in Thunderbird : Drafts,
Sents messages etc are encrypted with the sender key (even if there is
no recipient, or no known key for the recipient).

Cheers,

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Clément (nodens)