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Support for secondary email ids

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Description

During sign up, there's no way to add any other email id apart from auto-generated userid@keybase.io. And my messages to userid@keybase.io aren't being sent through, despite both me and recipient tracking each other. This then leads to downloading and opening up the GPG Suite (in Mac), and manually modifying the keychain to include email address already being used. This step is too technical for the target keybase.io crowd (none of my friends did it).

Also, this doesn't play very well with Mac Mail integration of GPG suite, which automatically encrypts messages to an email address if a public key is found in the GPG Keychain. So, now one has to manually encrypt messages and copy paste them etc.

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Research direction

The issue does not identify any files, tests, or entry points, so begin by locating the sign-up flow and the Mac Mail/GPG Suite integration. Done should allow a user to add a secondary email address and use it for messaging and encryption without manually editing the GPG keychain.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
authentication, desktop, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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