thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
age encryption
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Description
Supports usage of age is exactly the same as that of GPG.
https://github.com/FiloSottile/age — CLI and Go reference implementation.
https://github.com/android-password-store/kage — Kotlin/JVM and Android implementation.
$ age-keygen -pq | age -p -o encrypted-identity.txt
Public key: age1pq1cd[... 1950 more characters ...]
Enter passphrase (leave empty to autogenerate a secure one):
age: using autogenerated passphrase "eternal-erase-keen-suffer-fog-exclude-huge-scorpion-escape-scrub"
$ age -a -e -i encrypted-identity.txt file.txt > file.txt.age
$ age -d -i encrypted-identity.txt file.txt.age > file.txt
Enter passphrase for identity file "encrypted-identity.txt":
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the age CLI and Go reference implementation, then compare the Kotlin/JVM and Android kage implementation linked in the issue. Determine which Thunderbird for Android encryption flows should support age and define the expected behavior before implementation; done means age-encrypted identities and messages work consistently with the shown commands.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100