seahorse-tool uses wrong key to encrypt

[trldp]

I have several RSA keys in Seahorse. When I use seahorse-tool ('seahorse-tool -e FILE' or encrypt a file via nautilus) to encrypt a file, the file is always encrypted with the first key, no matter what key I selected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: seahorse-nautilus 3.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.55-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Jul 16 14:25:54 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-26 (263 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: seahorse-nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-30 (76 days ago)

[Axel Hosemann (axel-hosemann)]

Even though some time went by since this bug has been filed, I would like to reply, because I had a similar strange experience today when I ported the Seahorse Nautilus plugin to Caja for the Mate desktop.
In my opinion it is meant to be rather a feature than a bug. After some hours of trying to understand what the source code does, I found the setting "encrypt-to-self" in the Gsettings under dconf->desktop.gnome.crypto.pgp. If this boolean is checked (what it is by default), the seahorse encryption will add your own key to the list of recipients. So you will always be able to decrypt a file even if you had only selected a foreign public key for encryption.
For some reason, the developers of this module decided to use a key for encryption, that you did not select!!!
After I unchecked the "encrypt-to-self" feature, the software behaved more predictable.