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Documentation: process: Document suitability of Proton Mail for kernel development
Proton Mail automatically picks up PGP keys for those with kernel.org accounts (and other domains!) which provide WKD for their users & uses them to encrypt emails, including patches. Document the behaviour & Proton Mail's unsuitability for kernel development. Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221231152320.1340874-1-conor@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Another problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a
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Another problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a
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non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names.
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non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names.
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Proton Mail
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Proton Mail has a "feature" where it looks up keys using Web Key Directory
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(WKD) and encrypts mail to any recipients for which it finds a key.
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Kernel.org publishes the WKD for all developers who have kernel.org accounts.
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As a result, emails sent using Proton Mail to kernel.org addresses will be
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encrypted.
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Unfortunately, Proton Mail does not provide a mechanism to disable the
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automatic encryption, viewing it as a privacy feature.
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The automatic encryption feature is also enabled for mail sent via the Proton
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Mail Bridge, so this affects all outgoing messages, including patches sent with
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``git send-email``.
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Encrypted mail adds unnecessary friction, as other developers may not have mail
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clients, or tooling, configured for use with encrypted mail and some mail
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clients may encrypt responses to encrypted mail for all recipients, including
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the mailing lists.
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Unless a way to disable this "feature" is introduced, Proton Mail is unsuited
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to kernel development.
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