Whonix news cannot be verified

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Today the whonixcheck of both my workstation and gateway said it failed to verify whonix news.

Could not OpenPGP verify authenticity of Whonix News !!! 
(gpg_bash_lib_output_gpg_verify_exit_code: 0 | gpg_bash_lib_output_validsig_status: true | gpg_bash_lib_output_alright_status: false | gpg_bash_lib_output_failure: ) 
This is either, 
- a Whonix Bug, 
- an attack on Whonix, 
- or Whonix News Keys might be outdated. Upgrading using apt-get might fix this

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INFO: Whonix News gpg_bash_lib_output_diagnostic_message:
gpg_bash_lib_internal_gpg_verify_status_fd_file: /tmp/tmp.cpoBAOhTZG/news/verify_dir/news_gpg/gpg_bash_lib_internal_gpg_verify_status_fd_file
gpg_bash_lib_internal_gpg_verify_output_file: /tmp/tmp.cpoBAOhTZG/news/verify_dir/news_gpg/gpg_bash_lib_internal_gpg_verify_output_file
gpg_bash_lib_output_gpg_import_output:
gpg: keyring /tmp/tmp.cpoBAOhTZG/news/verify_dir/news_gpg/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring /tmp/tmp.cpoBAOhTZG/news/verify_dir/news_gpg/pubring.gpg’ created
gpg: /tmp/tmp.cpoBAOhTZG/news/verify_dir/news_gpg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 2EEACCDA: public key "Patrick Schleizer " imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg_bash_lib_output_gpg_verify_output:
gpg: Signature made Wed 05 Apr 2017 11:26:34 AM UTC using RSA key ID 77BB3C48
gpg: Good signature from "Patrick Schleizer "
gpg: Signature notation: issuer-fpr@notations.openpgp.fifthhorseman.net=6E979B28A6F37C43BE30AFA1CB8D50BB77BB3C48
gpg: Signature notation: file@name=whonix_news.tar.xz
Primary key fingerprint: 916B 8D99 C38E AF5E 8ADC 7A2A 8D66 066A 2EEA CCDA
Subkey fingerprint: 6E97 9B28 A6F3 7C43 BE30 AFA1 CB8D 50BB 77BB 3C48
gpg_bash_lib_output_gpg_verify_status_fd_output:
[GNUPG:] SIG_ID nlx+VxjJVde37wJeoRHTjE+he2o 2017-04-05 1491391594
[GNUPG:] GOODSIG CB8D50BB77BB3C48 Patrick Schleizer
[GNUPG:] NOTATION_NAME issuer-fpr@notations.openpgp.fifthhorseman.net
[GNUPG:] NOTATION_DATA 6E979B28A6F37C43BE30AFA1CB8D50BB77BB3C48
[GNUPG:] NOTATION_NAME file@name
[GNUPG:] NOTATION_DATA whonix_news.tar.xz
[GNUPG:] VALIDSIG 6E979B28A6F37C43BE30AFA1CB8D50BB77BB3C48 2017-04-05 1491391594 0 4 0 1 10 00 916B8D99C38EAF5E8ADC7A2A8D66066A2EEACCDA
[GNUPG:] TRUST_ULTIMATE

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I get the same

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just don’t call it “fake” news :slight_smile:

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Come on now, Whonix is the Wikileaks of anonymous news. :wink:

For what it’s worth, no problems with Whonix news in Qubes-Whonix.

I wonder if it’s one of those temporary bad/malicious Tor circuits. Presumably if you use ARM to rotate circuits (hitting ‘n’ for new circuit) and try again, you’ll get a successful output.

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So did yo ufind a solution for this problem? It have been iike this for me a couple of days now.

Thanks

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Hi! Try download by this link https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Windows/ I have got the same problem and after reinstalletion it was fixed.