Email Self-Defense

Peter Lebbing peter at digitalbrains.com
Tue Feb 23 11:11:16 CET 2016


On 23/02/16 09:04, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> On 23.02.16 02:08, NIIBE Yutaka wrote:
>>     When using GnuPG, make a habit of glancing at that bar.  The
>>     program will warn you there if you get an email encrypted with a key
>>     that can't be trusted.
> [...]
> (2) "Bad signature" (Enigmail v1.8) / "Unverified signature" (v1.9) in
> case the signature is bad
> [...]
> (4) Good signature, but key is not trusted
> [...]
> I think the guide refers to (2) and/or (4), but
> I'm not the author of the document ...

Note that it says "encrypted with a key that can't be trusted", not "signed with
a key that can't be trusted".

HTH,

Peter.

-- 
I use the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) in combination with Enigmail.
You can send me encrypted mail if you want some privacy.
My key is available at <http://digitalbrains.com/2012/openpgp-key-peter>



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