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by: Fritz Wuehler - Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:02 UTC

A backdoor is a "feature" in the software of PGP — in what I call the utility functions and not in the encryption
algorithm — that allows an outside party to decrypt what you have encrypted. While the ADK feature is technically
a backdoor, most attention is directed to the possibility of an unknown, hidden backdoor. ADK is well known,
however; and PGP users are even informed of keys that use ADK and of encryptions where ADK is required.
Nevertheless, even ADK can be used to subvert the security of our messages and files.

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On Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:02:35 +0200, Fritz Wuehler
<fritz@spamexpire-202304.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> wrote:

>A backdoor is a "feature" in the software of PGP â in what I call the utility functions and not in the encryption
>algorithm â that allows an outside party to decrypt what you have encrypted. While the ADK feature is technically
>a backdoor, most attention is directed to the possibility of an unknown, hidden backdoor. ADK is well known,
>however; and PGP users are even informed of keys that use ADK and of encryptions where ADK is required.
>Nevertheless, even ADK can be used to subvert the security of our messages and files.

An informative bit about ADK.

https://www.rossde.com/PGP/pgp-adk.html#why

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PGP Backdoor	Fritz Wuehler
Re: PGP Backdoor	fredT