Ok, just for the record: this is an issue with pinentry - see e.g.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pinentry/+bug/326132
https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1374
https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1368

It's absolutely ridiculous how usability is screwed by design and
justified with security reasons...


Am 25.03.2015 um 22:55 schrieb Andre Lahmann:
> Hmm, I just tried it with GPGv1.4 but the pinentry dialogbox still
> does not allow copy and pasting... doesn't seem to be a GPGvX related
> issue or am I getting you wrong?
> 
> Best,
> André
> 
> Am 25.03.2015 um 22:44 schrieb [email protected]:
>> On 03/25/2015 05:40 PM, Andre Lahmann wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>
>>> since upgrading to Enigmail 1.8.x it's not possible anymore to
>>> paste the passphrase into the pinentry dialogbox. I'm running
>>> Xubuntu 12.04 and neither ctrl+v nor mouse buffer is working (as
>>> I am managing my passphrases with keepass I also tried autotype
>>> without success). Is this a bug or a feature?!?
>>
>>> Best, André
>>
>> This is a feature of GPGv2. I originally discovered this a few
>> versions ago of Enigmail (probably 1.7.2). It seems that for GPGv2
>> it requires specific applications for passphrase entry and of the
>> ones that work with GPG none of them appear to allow
>> copying/pasting of the passphrase, in my experience.
>>
>> My guess is that this is for added security.
>>
>>
>>
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