On 03/24/16 21:35, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>> cleartext message.  "Red alert" is the wrong model UNLESS it is an error
>> or threat for a particular user to EVER receive an unsigned cleartext
>> message, and that is a tiny, tiny fraction of the Enigmail userbase.
> 
> If we get a bad signature, I want a clear warning to be sent up.  Bad
> signatures are "your engine might be on fire" problems: maybe nothing,
> but you should look into it.  Hence the broken-seal icon and the Guy
> Fawkes mask.

I 100% agree.  A failed signature should raise an alert.  But if we
raise an alert every time the user receives an unsigned cleartext
message, we'll just condition users to ignore alerts.


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