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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: DourGrapes on August 10, 2013, 12:14 am

Title: What does it mean when a vendor claims to not be able to decrypt PGP?
Post by: DourGrapes on August 10, 2013, 12:14 am
I have now had two vendors (out of dozens of successful transactions) claim not to be able to decrypt PGP encryption of my address. The first time, I was new and used privnote; product came okay, everything was good, that was months ago.

Now a NEW vendor (with many good reviews though) selling a substance it's hard to get domestically in my country (that I am very motivated to acquire) claims he can't decrypt my PGP encryption and invited me to use privnote. I explained I would not use privnote and re-encrypted my address to his key, but I wonder if anyone else had had similar experiences and what it could mean. Encryption is a pretty standard process and I'm not really buying the "for some reason I couldn't read your message" thing.

I plan to cancel the order if he still claims he can't decrypt my message - but what could it mean? Dumb vendor? Genuine technical problem? Narc?

Thanks for any input.
Title: Re: What does it mean when a vendor claims to not be able to decrypt PGP?
Post by: abby on August 10, 2013, 12:33 am
sometimes the message doesn't copy over properly, I've had strange linebreaks and double spacings.  check your message and see if looks as it should.
Title: Re: What does it mean when a vendor claims to not be able to decrypt PGP?
Post by: DourGrapes on August 10, 2013, 12:38 am
Thanks! The new encryption I just sent looks solid & properly formatted, hopefully it will work.
Title: Re: What does it mean when a vendor claims to not be able to decrypt PGP?
Post by: DourGrapes on August 11, 2013, 12:23 am
Yeah I re-sent it and he decrypted successfully - guess I was just being a paranoid cunt. Yay!