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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | bug#9280: 24.0.50; default value of epa-file-select-keys should be nil |
Date: | Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:18:01 -0400 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I disagree with this change of the default value of > epa-file-select-keys in the sense that I find the current "silent" > default behavior too brief for unexperienced users (like myself > until recently). I tend to agree. > Part of the problem is that for symmetric encryption gpg will simply > pop up a pinentry window saying "enter passphrase". But nothing tells > the user that the file he or she wants to save is just about to go > through symmetric encryption (and not any other encryption mechanism > the user might hope for). The "enter passphrase" dialog should at the very least indicate what kind of passphrase is expected (in this case a passphrase for symmetric encryption). Stefan
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