On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Tom Ritter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 25 October 2013 08:24, Geoffrey Irving <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Tom Ritter <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Couldn't you just throw the KeyID?  That is, specify it as all 0's
>>> (like gpg's --throw-keyid option).  this won't kind the fact that it's
>>> encrypted to 6 keys, but it will hide what those Key IDs are.
>>
>> This isn't very secure: the message still amounts to a proof that it
>> was encrypted for the given recipients.  If you suspect who they are,
>> now you know for sure.
>
> I don't think so.  If I have a message encrypted to 6 thrown Key IDs,
> AND I have the 6 public keys AND I have 1 private key - I still don't
> know that the message was encrypted to _those_ six keys, I only know
> that it was encrypted _to_ six keys, one of which I know because I
> have the private key for it.

Oops, yes, you're right.  Complaint withdrawn. :)

Geoffrey
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