https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44107570
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Security expert Mikko Hypponen, at F-Secure, said his understanding was that the vulnerability could in theory be used to decrypt a cache of encrypted emails sent in the past, if an attacker had access to such data.
"This is bad because the people who use PGP use it for a reason," he told the BBC.
"People don't use it for fun - people who use it have real secrets, like business secrets or confidential things."
Alan Woodward, at the University of Surrey, agreed, adding: "It does have some big implications as it could lead to a channel for sneaking data off devices as well as for decrypting messages."
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It was built into the software.... It was not a bug.
Used to dig dirt on political opponents and business rivals, using PGP. People using PGP have a lot of real secrets to hide, like business secrets or very confidential things.
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