Thunderbird's hints and history for OpenPGP/MIME (new wiki page)

[Rainer Fiebig]

Am 03.12.21 um 12:04 schrieb Bernhard Reiter:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Am Donnerstag 02 Dezember 2021 17:35:17 schrieb Dr. Peter Voigt:
>> thanks for that page. I'm not using Thunderbird but I know many people
>> who do. In particular the option to turn off the annoying dots is very
>> useful.
> 
> good to know  that you think it is useful. :)
No doubt it is useful. This three-dot-BS by default looks more like a
bug than a meaningful feature, IMO.

> 
>>  Did you toot the link through Mastodon as well
>> - I just failed to find and re-toot a correspondig content.
> 
> I didn't toot it so far.
> 
> First I wanted to gather some feedback, especially about the following 
> section, where I've added a recommendation what to use instead
> of incompatible header encryption:
> 
> 
> | Transport information in a decentral network - just like the writing on the
> | outside of a postal mail envelope - cannot be protected in principle.
> | When reflecting on this, chose  a subject that is plausible in context,
> | but without sensitive contents, to best veil potential unwanted observers. 
> | (Your thinking is right: The more sensitive this is, the more you have
> | to build up a plausible context for your unavoidable traces first.)
> 
This caters more to spies or people who have to be paranoid for an other
reason. And they will know already.

The average user, I guess, just wants to keep private communication
private. And what the subject reveals should in most cases be
negligible. So to me this paragraph seems a bit out of place.

> (Also I've just improved the phrasing and spelling.)
> 
> Best Regards,
> Bernhard

Thanks for your time and effort!

Rainer

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