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Thunderbird OpenPGP Export ECDH Passphrase Error

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I've exported my OpenPGP secret key from Thunderbird 91 to OpenPGP. The EdDSA subkey (certify, sign) works fine but the ECDH subkey (encrypt) always fail during passphrase verification.

Changing the passphrase in OpenPGP has the same results - changing the EdDSA part works fine, but unlocking ECDH part always fail.

Is this a bug in Thunderbird or is this a bug in OpenPGP?

I've exported my OpenPGP secret key from Thunderbird 91 to OpenPGP. The EdDSA subkey (certify, sign) works fine but the ECDH subkey (encrypt) always fail during passphrase verification. Changing the passphrase in OpenPGP has the same results - changing the EdDSA part works fine, but unlocking ECDH part always fail. Is this a bug in Thunderbird or is this a bug in OpenPGP?

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Matt
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You would probably be better servers in the E2EE list here https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/e2ee

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Matt said
You would probably be better servers in the E2EE list here https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/e2ee

Thank you. Let me try searching and posting there.

Seems to be related to a 4 months old (unresolved) bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1713621

SuMo Bot
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Seems to be related to a 4 months old (unfixed) bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1713621

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