GNU bug report logs - #13551
24.3.50; epa-mail-encrypt chooses wrong key

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: 13551 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13551: acknowledged by developer (control message for bug #13551)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:05:06 -0400

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  > I don't think any security-related software should be guessing based on
  > incomplete email addresses.  As far as I can tell, it requires a
  > complete match, which I guess means you have a key for "martin" (without
  > a domain name) in your key ring.

That is totally unpredictable _for the user sending a reply_.
There are various possible ok things to do, but not that.

Please make this case do something predictable.

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Dr Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
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