On Freitag, 15. Mai 2020 13:29:31 CEST Stefan Claas wrote: > What I don't understand is why you are not liking the idea to allow > GnuPG to automatically import and process UID-less public key blocks, > if people who trust the GnuPG brand ask for this?
Because in GnuPG the validity of keys is bound to validity and owner trust of UIDs. No UID -> invalid key. Why do you want to be able to import a key in GnuPG that would be utterly unusable? > GnuPG always asks IIRC new users for their Name and email address > and does not tell them in advance that they can use a free form UID, > without an email address, thus being able to use a key for multiple > accounts or purposes, without adding additional UIDs. To cite Robert J. Hansen: "Unless you know what you're doing and why, use the defaults." Consequently, it's a good thing that GnuPG, by default, doesn't bother new users with difficult decisions. Regards, Ingo _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users