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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: reptar11 on September 10, 2012, 08:18 pm

Title: help with PGP blank box
Post by: reptar11 on September 10, 2012, 08:18 pm
i read thru a few of the stickys and didnt see this anywhere.

**this might be a stupid question**

for some reason with some PGP messages it just shows up as a blank box and others show up fine.

i used to just get on my phone and copy it that way but i updated firefox and now tor isnt working on my phone.

so is there a way to fix the blank box shit? or am i just newb
Title: Re: help with PGP blank box
Post by: reptar11 on September 19, 2012, 04:47 am
i read thru a few of the stickys and didnt see this anywhere.

**this might be a stupid question**

for some reason with some PGP messages it just shows up as a blank box and others show up fine.

i used to just get on my phone and copy it that way but i updated firefox and now tor isnt working on my phone.

so is there a way to fix the blank box shit? or am i just newb

PGP/GPG, as a general rule, does not get along well with HTML messages. If someone uses, say, Outlook, and sends you an email full of HTML crap, sometimes PGP/GPG will choke on it, and show you a blank message when you attempt to decrypt.  That is the only thing I can think of, offhand, that would cause this.

Guru

thanks i guess GPG would be more specific, sorry for the late reply.
its not when i got to decrypt it tho, it happens when people send GPG messages or orders, and its maybe 20% of them will just be blank boxes. but then it shows up on my phone fine, maybe its my browser or some shit