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Keybase Go Library, Client, Service, OS X, iOS, Android, Electron
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Can't decrypt messages using the apps? #24045

Open kevquirk opened 4 years ago

kevquirk commented 4 years ago

I've been sent an email containing a PGP message that was encrypted with my public key. When trying to decrypt it, either by the Linux application, or iOS app, I've been unable to. I just get a message saying the message is invalid.

When going to keybase.io/crypto I am able to decrypt successfully because, I assume, it allows me to enter my passphrase, whereas the apps don't have an option to enter my passphrase. Do I have no way of decrypting messages without going to your website? Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

my log id: 342045bb1db2763685bb241c

Thanks.

junderw commented 4 years ago

keybase pgp decrypt command is what you're looking for on the command line.

kevquirk commented 4 years ago

keybase pgp decrypt command is what you're looking for on the command line.

That's fine on the desktop, but what about on mobile? I don't want to have to boot up my machine every time I have to decrypt a message.

junderw commented 4 years ago

pgp has been pretty much "demoted" to a second-class-citizen in favor of the device keys (everytime you add a device you need to scan a QR code to "sign in" your device into your sigchain using a device key which is NaCl)

Though I do agree that they should support pgp as well. Auto-detect is easy since saltpacks and pgp messages have different formats