On 09/01/2020 4:08 p.m., Wilfred van Velzen : August Abolins wrote:

> Below is my reply to your message. It's not encrypted only signed (but
> not clearsigned). Anyone with gpg can decode it and view it's contents.
> If they have my public key they can verify it was me who wrote it. Why
> you would want to do it this way, I don't know. I can't think of a
> use-case for it...

TB decrypted it automatically, (but it obscured your preface above; the
decryption result in TB fills the whole reading window of the open message).

It contained this security header info:

Part of the message signed Good signature from Wilfred van Velzen
 Key ID: 0xD50ECD4F514B75DC0A064F893BB37DA84A97932B
/ Signed on: 01/09/20, 3:58 PM Key fingerprint: D50E CD4F 514B 75DC 0A06
4F89 3BB3 7DA8 4A97 932B Used Algorithms: RSA and SHA-1

I assume that it can then be read by anyone who has the key of the
author.  ?

If so, then a good practical use would be if you wanted a totally
obscured message stream by adding an extra layer of frustration to just
anyone, or even from the bots that skim messages. ?  I kinda like that.

It would force the would-be reader to collect the keys of everyone who
is writing the messages, but still remain a lurker. ?

Not good good for sharing sensitive info though.

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