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by tptacek 2530 days ago
Wait, what? No. Leaking plaintext doesn't reveal your long term key. I definitely didn't write that.
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I finally got that when someone pointed out that the long term key is not used to encrypt the mail content - i made that leap incorrectly and went from there.

I made the change down thread - was too late to edit the original - and i hope clearly pointed out that your article did not say that

It takes me several run ups to understand most security issues and I got all excited before having my coffee that day.