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Decryption gives ugly error message if you're decrypting for the wrong key

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Description

See #284 for an example of the error message.

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Start by reading issue #284, which is cited as the example of the current error message. Then locate the decryption error-handling path in the Keybase client and determine what user-facing wording should replace the ugly message; done means wrong-key decryption reports a clear error.

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Assessment

Domain
cryptography
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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