Can't see replies with encryption key?

[a-raccoon]

I'm not sure what to make of it, but compare

http://paste.scratchbook.ch/view/1427473f#iP7p05DRH0BC72qQjxv01BjUeOmNV073

and

http://paste.scratchbook.ch/view/1427473f

This being the official demo sample of an encrypted paste, you can see that many "replies" were made to it, but only if you remove the encryption key from the url and view the paste in non-decrypted form.

[claudehohl]

This is intended. Encrypted pastes are private by default and those replies are only visible because this paste is so publicly linked in the docs and people removed the key. You are not meant to reply to an encrypted paste.

The ability to be able to remove the key serves just as a proof to show you that it's actually encrypted in the background. (A lot of pastebins just display an error message instead.)

[The-Compiler]

This is intended. Encrypted pastes are private by default and those replies are only visible because this paste is so publicly linked in the docs and people removed the key. You are not meant to reply to an encrypted paste.

Why not, though? Say someone shares a sensible snippet of code with me, why shouldn't I be able to change something in it and reply with another (encrypted) paste?

[claudehohl]

True.