User experience of --hidden-recipient encryption

[Ludwig Hügelschäfer]

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On 29.01.16 19:32, Bjarni Runar Einarsson wrote:

> (...) Using --hidden-recipient is more efficient and easier to 
> implement, but I wonder how this is handled on the receiving end? 
> If the user only has one public/private key pair, I assume the 
> experience isn't too bad, GnuPG will just make a guess. But if the
> user has multiple keys, do they have to enter the passphrase for
> each in succession, as gpg tries to guess how to decrypt?

Yes, and it's a PITA if you have multiple secret keys.

Ludwig

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