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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] Documentation: process: Document suitability of Proton
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To:     Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>, corbet@lwn.net
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On 12/28/22 07:03, Conor Dooley wrote:
> +
> +Proton Mail
> +***********
> +
> +Proton Mail has a "feature" where it looks up keys using Web Key Directory
> +(WKD) and encrypts mail to any email recipients for which it finds a key.
> +Kernel.org publishes the WKD for all developers who have kernel.org accounts.
> +As a result, emails sent using Proton Mail to kernel.org addresses will be
> +encrypted.
> +Unfortunately, Proton Mail does not provide a mechanism to disable the
> +automatic encryption, viewing it as a privacy feature.
> +This affects mail sent from their web GUI, from other mail clients using their
> +mail "bridge", as well as patches sent using ``git send-email``.
> +Unless a way to disable this "feature" is introduced, Proton Mail is unsuited
> +to kernel development.

All mails sent via Proton Mail SMTP relay? Also, why is sending encrypted emails
to public mailing lists (like LKML) not a good idea?

Thanks.

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