Hi, > From: intrigeri <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:49:01 +0100 > > Hi, > [...] > > The home-grown applet now features: > > - symmetrically *encrypt* clipboard content > - *decrypt* clipboard content (regardless of the kind of OpenPGP > encryption) > - status icon and action menu change depending on the content of the > clipboard(s), the same way as the Seahorse applet does > Nice.
> Missing features wrt. the Seahorse + FireGPG combo: > > - asymmetric (i.e. public key) encryption > - signature verification > - import key (covered by other parts of the Seahorse UI, though) > > I tend to think the current state of things is good enough to be > shipped in Tails. I hope the vast majority of asymmetric OpenPGP users > could/should use a MUA rather than FireGPG / Seahorse applet. > I'd rather keep this home-grown applet simple and stupid, and not dive > into the mess that is "presenting possible encryption keys and > deciding which one should be the preferred one for a given recipient". > I already used asymetric encryption inside webmail in Tails, but I'm probably not acting as the majority of Tails users… So if such a functionnality already existed, I would like that we ship it, but it's probably not worth writing it. > On the other hand, I'm a bit more doubtful about verifying the > clipboard content. If there's enough push in favor of it, I'll add it. > On the other hand, I would push in favor of including verification feature. Cheers, Alan --
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