handling bogus output of encrypted messages

[Werner Koch]

On Wed,  9 Sep 2026 08:25, Marco Moock said:
> Hello!
>
> I would like to ask how people handle potentially bogus output when
> encrypting messages on the terminal.

Never do this.  Neither with gpg nor with any other tool which copies
tainted input data to stdout.  At least use cat -v (or -e) or use less.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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