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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 1f59e4043..2ea851b5b 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -2264,12 +2264,15 @@ will still get disabled. @item --throw-keyids @itemx --no-throw-keyids -Do not put the recipient key IDs into encrypted messages. This helps -to hide the receivers of the message and is a limited countermeasure -against traffic analysis. On the receiving side, it may slow down the -decryption process because all available secret keys must be tried. -@option{--no-throw-keyids} disables this option. This option is essentially -the same as using @option{--hidden-recipient} for all recipients. +Do not put the recipient key IDs into encrypted messages. This helps to +hide the receivers of the message and is a limited countermeasure +against traffic analysis.@footnote{Using a little social engineering +anyone who is able to decrypt the message can check whether one of the +other recipients is the one he suspects.} On the receiving side, it may +slow down the decryption process because all available secret keys must +be tried. @option{--no-throw-keyids} disables this option. This option +is essentially the same as using @option{--hidden-recipient} for all +recipients. @item --not-dash-escaped This option changes the behavior of cleartext signatures |