On 01/16/2018 08:37 PM, Stefan Claas wrote: >> I know, but keybase.io's goal is (or was, back when I tested it) to >> use those connections to somehow prove an identity. It is a neat >> idea for the facebook generation. Privacy is something different. > Agreed. But the word privacy would then also mean to me that > users who uploaded their public keys on key servers would not > reveal that they know each other as shown with their signatures, > which the classical WoT somehow requires, instead of using local sigs. >
A distinction need to be made here, "know each other" actually means ever having confidence that the public keyblock belongs to that person. That doesn't imply a very deep relationship except for having met at one point to exchange information. You don't really attribute anything except possibly having looked at a governmental issued ID at some point. But yes, this comes back to security != privacy -- ---------------------------- Kristian Fiskerstrand Blog: https://blog.sumptuouscapital.com Twitter: @krifisk ---------------------------- Public OpenPGP keyblock at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 ---------------------------- qui tacet consentire videtur He who is silent is taken to agree
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