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		southerntofu on Jan 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A New Future for GnuPG That's why it's a good thing it's a FLOSS solution. Despite a track record of bad code and security, GPG has always been good-willed, and has progressed over the years. For sure having more eyes/resources on the code can only help. Also the recent Sequoia PGP project can prove to be an inspiration for further improvements.

dspillett on Jan 4, 2022 [–]

Agreed, I was mainly responding to what seemed to be a more open “why could it be a problem that a military organisation is involved?” question.

And as other recent issues highlight, open to many eyeballs does not necessarily imply completely robust and secure code.

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