From: David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:40:37 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add comments about decryption in the UI rather than CLI.
X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bf7794c36284ce9c5b6c015a30bbda4130512294

Add comments about decryption in the UI rather than CLI.
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diff --git a/meetings/hd2015.mdwn b/meetings/hd2015.mdwn
index 87e32cc..21f8075 100644
--- a/meetings/hd2015.mdwn
+++ b/meetings/hd2015.mdwn
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ Security and privacy concerns
   * integration with other keyrings
 * reproducible builds:
   [sphinx man pages](https://reproducible.debian.net/rb-pkg/testing/amd64/notmuch.html)
+* decryption happens in the CLI rather than the UI
+  * when using the UI and the CLI on different machines (so called "remote" mode), this leads to some undesirable and odd behaviour:
+    * decrypted content is passed across a potentially insecure channel (though usually ssh)
+    * the CLI needs access to keys, which can be awkward or impossible
 
 Usability as security?
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