[Enigmail] Upgrading info for Thunderbird 78.2

2020-08-24 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
Thunderbird 78.2 will be released soon. With that release, OpenPGP in Thunderbird is considered complete, and Enigmail users will start to be upgraded to Thunderbird 78. What does this mean for you: Together with the upgrade to Thunderbird 78.2, you should obtain a new version of Enigmail (if

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-08-24 Thread Kai Engert
On 24.08.20 22:42, Phil Kane wrote: On 8/24/2020 12:39 PM, Kai Engert wrote: The Thunderbird team had originally announced to enable OpenPGP by default in version 78.2.0 It has been decided to slightly postpone this for final changes and testing by volunteers.  It's expected to be enabled in

[Enigmail] Differences between Enigmail and OpenPGP in Thunderbird 78

2020-08-24 Thread Kai Engert
Hello, here is an article that explains the differences between Enigmail and the new integrated OpenPGP feature in Thunderbird 78: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Migration-From-Enigmail Regards Kai ___ enigmail-users mailing list

[Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-08-24 Thread Kai Engert
FYI: The Thunderbird team had originally announced to enable OpenPGP by default in version 78.2.0 It has been decided to slightly postpone this for final changes and testing by volunteers. It's expected to be enabled in 78.2.1 Kai ___

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-08-24 Thread Phil Kane
On 8/24/2020 12:39 PM, Kai Engert wrote: > > The Thunderbird team had originally announced to enable OpenPGP by > default in version 78.2.0 > > It has been decided to slightly postpone this for final changes and > testing by volunteers.  It's expected to be enabled in 78.2.1 I'm confused. I'm

Re: [Enigmail] Differences between Enigmail and OpenPGP in Thunderbird 78

2020-08-24 Thread Mark
Am I understanding this correctly, your PGP keys are no longer secured with their passphrase and instead relies on the global master password in Thunderbird? Does that not weaken or at least somewhat minimize the validity of the signatures? There are numerous TB password recovery programs out

Re: [Enigmail] Differences between Enigmail and OpenPGP in Thunderbird 78

2020-08-24 Thread Eli Schwartz
On 8/24/20 8:12 PM, Mark wrote: > Am I understanding this correctly, your PGP keys are no longer secured > with their passphrase and instead relies on the global master password > in Thunderbird? Does that not weaken or at least somewhat minimize the > validity of the signatures? There are