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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#4148: marked as done ("Privacy bug": mail may be sent unencrypted w/o notice)
From:       owner () bugs ! kde ! org (Stephan Kulow)
Date:       2000-05-30 14:33:03
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Your message dated Wed, 31 May 2000 00:30:26 +1000
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and subject line Bug#4148: Privacy bug": mail may be sent unencrypted w/o notice
has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Stephan Kulow
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Package: kmail
Version: 1.1.48 (KDE 1.90 Beta >= 20000517)
Severity: grave

PGP, at least v. 6.5.1i asks for confirmation when you're about to encrypt with an
untrusted puplic key. I consider it a design flaw in PGP that this confirmation
is requested even in batch mode. But anyway, KMail IMHO reacts in an
unacceptible way:
If you select to encrypt a message and the recipient's public key is "untrusted",
the mail will be sent *unencrypted* without the slightest warning.
I could imagine that the same might happen when there are other problems,
not sure though. I suggest to check if PGP's output is really an encrypted
message and else give the user a chance to abort.
Thanks,
-Malte

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