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submitted 2 years ago by X_Cli@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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2022, people still use and make new implementations of OpenPGP. In 2015, I was already describing OpenPGP as a horror show for cryptographers. People need to move on! The format is wrong. The implementations are wrong. The mandatory ciphers are outdated. The web of trust is mostly dead since the key servers are broken.

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[–] X_Cli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

One example of issues with OpenPGP implementations that are a direct consequence of the poor format desgin... https://www.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/2015/05/format-Oracles-on-OpenPGP.pdf