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Re: [openpgp] "OpenPGP Simple"

Wyllys Ingersoll <wyllys@gmail.com> Tue, 17 March 2015 12:53 UTC

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From: Wyllys Ingersoll <wyllys@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:53:39 +0000
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:03 AM Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:

> I have repeatedly found it useful, even in recent times, to cut/paste
> ASCII-armored messages on my mobile. Am I a Neanderthal?
>

No!  This was exactly my first thought also. ASCII Armor format is
extremely useful for passing the messages from app-to-app via the system
clipboard using copy-and-paste.  As a mobile PGP developer, there are
situations where this is the most convenient way to move the PGP
message/key from a non-PGP enabled app (like most standard mobile mail
clients) and into an app that can decode/decrypt it correctly.

If ASCII Armor is to be deprecated, I would hope that we at least replace
it with something else that can be easily copied-and-pasted.

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