Hey KB, I'm just replying to ensure people see your message, which was spamfoldered by Gmail. Yahoo and mailman don't mix these days because Yahoo has a strict DMARC policy and mailman breaks email signatures (oh the irony).
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:52 PM, KB Sriram <[email protected]> wrote: > Would adding the profile url as a uid on the key (in addition to > publishing the fingerprint on the corresponding social media site) > permit better corroborative evidence that the same person controls the > key as well as the social media account? > > A client could then search keys by profile url, and select keys with > the profile on the key as well as a matching fingerprint on the > profile web site. It can run entirely on the client using existing > keyservers and social profile web sites, and doesn't rely on a new > service. > > I've created a small client tool that does just this at > https://github.com/kbsriram/keypan > > It isn't solo key validation by any means, but it is simple and would > provide similar corroborative profile evidence that keybase.io offers > [ie, someone who controls key K can publish to social account S] > but without the complication of a separate service. > > This technique also has some handy secondary effects: > > - People can find your key by your social profile using existing (and > distributed) keyservers. > - Should you want, it's an easy way to consolidate your social > personas via the key. > > -kb > > _______________________________________________ > Messaging mailing list > [email protected] > https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging >
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