Hi August,

On 2020-01-09 23:18:55, you wrote to me:

 >>>> EXTERNUTIL 1 /home/fido/bin/fido_gpg.sh @file -sa ;sign
 >>
 >> AA> Stupid question.  Why would you just sign a message without the
 >> -e for AA> encryption?
 >>
 >> I was thinking the same thing. ;-)
 >>
 >> Let's try it out on this reply.

 AA> OK..  I received it with the usual PGP BLOCK header, and all the
 AA> gibberish, so it *is* encrypted?

No, only signed and ascii-encoded.

 AA> But the difference would be that anyone who has my or your public key
 AA> can read it?

No, anyone can read it period. If they have my public key they can verify it's
from me, but they don't need it to read the message. Your key was not involved.

Bye, Wilfred.

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