Er... I heard there was some address book refactoring going on, so I
thought I'd float this idea.
Why do address book entries not have a field for "Encryption key" and a
preference "automatically encrypt mail to this user" (enabled only when
we've got plug-in crypto from e.g.
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22687 or (later) S/MIME.) This
would make it an order-of-magnitude easier for crypto to become the norm
rather than the exception for email, and make the world a more secure
place.
If this were in place, we could do cool UI stuff like "harvest encryption
key" - enter a URL and it'll find the PGP key and add it to the address
book - and so on and so on.
This would be combined with Mozilla remembering your crypto password
either for a given time (5 minutes) or the current session, so you weren't
asked for it _every_ time you sent a mail. There would be no facility for
remembering this password permanently.
Or has this all already been thought of? Or is it better done another way?
Gerv
