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Clearsigned message verification isn't working
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Description
I tried to verify the following message via https://keybase.io/verify, and got the error message "Error: you cannot process a message that was encrypted for someone else."
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256
hello! whose signed this message?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----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==
=hN73
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Research direction
Reproduce the report through keybase.io/verify using the clearsigned message included in the issue. Trace why verification treats this signed message as encrypted for someone else; done means the supplied message verifies successfully without that error.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100