No, Thunderbird 78 doesn't use OpenPGP.js - it uses RNP and Botan for OpenPGP. | Hacker News

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		kaiengert on Nov 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thunderbird 78.x is great but has issues for advan... No, Thunderbird 78 doesn't use OpenPGP.js - it uses RNP and Botan for OpenPGP.

brnt on Nov 27, 2020 [–]

Thanks for the correction! Did this change in the development of TB78 or do I seriously misremember reading about it in the initial announcements?

kaiengert on Nov 27, 2020 | [–]

Maybe it was mentioned as one of the technologies we consider, because it took us a while to make the final decision.

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