KMM File Encryption

aga agander93 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 27 21:12:32 UTC 2016


On 27/10/16 20:58, Jack wrote:
> On 2016.10.27 14:46, aga wrote:
>> The following question gets asked on saving -
>> "You have configured to save your data in encrypted form using GPG. Make
>> sure you understand that you might lose all your data if you encrypt it,
>> but cannot decrypt it later on. If unsure, answer No."
>>
>> To what am I answering "No"? It's not clear to me, especially as I
>> haven't ever encrypted any files
>>
>> Allan
> I suppose it could be considered to be poorly worded, but it is asking
> if you really want to save the file encrypted.  In 4.8, I suppose it
> should really say select "No encryption" in the dropdown for selecting
> an encryption key.  It seems that the default "save as" is to select an
> encryption key if it can find one.  I don't have the frameworks version
> running now, so I can't check how it may have changed.
> 
> 

Yes, I think the wording perhaps should be expanded.  At first, I
thought I was saying I don't understand, but it then continued.  The
Title overflows the window width, so that isn't as helpful as it could be.

Allan


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