Re: [Taler] Confusion As To How GNU Taler Stops Fraud, Ransom, and Kidnapping

[Calvin Burns]

On Thu, 08/26/2021 10:44:09 PM, Taler wrote:
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> Hello Dr. Grothoff,
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> Thanks for responding!
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> I am trying to verify your PGP signature.
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> But when I download both the signature.asc file
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> and the .eml file, it says its a bad signature.
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It's a rfc thing [1].  In this case you have to save from "Content-Type: ...
bondary="EoKSUY..." to final "--EoKSUY..." of the raw message.  I suggest you
choose an e-mail client that handles this.

[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3156
> Here is how I try to verify your PGP signature:
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> gpg --verify signature.asc text.eml
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> Is there something I am doing wrong in attempting
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> to verify the PGP signatures of your email?
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> If so, what method do you recommend I use to
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> verify your emails in the future?
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> I thank you for any responses sent back to me.
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> Sincerely,
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> Tanveer Salim
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> P.S.: You can find my PGP public key and all other keys in my Web of Trust
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> at: https://raiderhacks.com/gpg
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> Aug 26, 2021, 13:26 by grothoff@gnunet.org:
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> > Taler is only private for the person making the payment, not for the
> > person receiving the payment. So you can pay the ransom anonymously, but
> > the government can easily tell who received it. Which we don't expect to
> > go too well for the kidnapper... ;-)
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> > On 8/26/21 10:23 PM, email--- via Taler wrote:
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> >> Hello GNU Taler Mailing List,
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> >> While reading the GNU Taler documentation, the documentation
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> >> pointed out how the GNU Taler system can detect and
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> >> prevent fraudulent, ransom, or kidnapping activity
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> >> from taking place.
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> >> I am confused as to how this is possible since GNU Taler
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> >> is supposed to be a private and anonymous payment system.
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> >> May someone please elaborate on how this is possible?
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> >> I thank anyone for any responses sent back to me.
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> >> Sincerely,
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> >> Tanveer Salim
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> >> P.S.: You can find my PGP public key and all other keys in my Web of Trust
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> >> at: https://raiderhacks.com/gpg
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